The Effect of Hydroxychloroquine Treatment in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Summary

Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune thyroid disease, which induced chronic inflammation of thyroid gland and destroys thyroid tissue. Hydroxychloroquine is used as disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) for treatment of several autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis(RA) for more than one century. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether hydroxychloroquine is effective in treatment of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

Timeline

Start

2011-10

Primary completion

2012-12

Completion

2013-08

Drugs

Indications