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Graves' orbitopathy (GO) is a disfiguring and disabling disease that profoundly impairs the quality of life of affected patients. High dose intravenous (iv) glucocorticoids (GC) (ivGC) is a well established, widely used treatment for active GO. The use of systemic glucocorticoids takes advantage from their immune suppressive and antiinflammatory actions, resulting in an overall beneficial effect ranging from ~35 to ~60% of patients in various studies. The intravenous route of administration has been shown to be superior to the oral route, both in terms of GO outcome and side effect profile. The combination of ivGC and orbital radiotherapy (OR) is used routinely in patients with moderate-severe, active GO, as a second-line treatment, as also recommended in the recent Guidelines published by the European Thyroid Association/European Group on Graves' Orbitopathy. Thus, the majority of studies have shown that OR increases the response rate to GC. Those studies were performed using oral GC, whereas it is not known whether OR potentiate also the effects of ivGC. The present study is aimed at determining whether OR potentiate the effects of ivGC in the treatment of moderately severe and active GO, in terms of GO outcome and quality of life. A possible extension of the study can be foreseen, aimed at investigating the very long time GO outcome.


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NCT number NCT03098225
Study type Interventional
Source University of Pisa
Contact Michele Marinò, MD
Phone +39-348-0616959
Email michele.marino@med.unipi.it
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date January 1, 2024
Completion date March 31, 2027

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