Thyroid Hormone Replacement for Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Dyslipidemia in ASCVD (ThyroHeart-Lipid Study)

Summary

In ASCVD patients complicated with subclinical hypothyroidism, the percentage of those who did not reach the target of lipid-lowering therapy (LDL-C\>1.8mmol/L) is usually higher than that in population with normal thyroid function. The present study aims to randomly compare two lipid-lowering therapeutic strategies (statins only vs. statins combined with thyroid hormone supplement).

Timeline

Start

2019-03-25

Primary completion

2020-02-28

Completion

2020-05-31

Publications

• Background Gjedde S, Gormsen LC, Rungby J, Nielsen S, Jorgensen JO, Pedersen SB, Riis AL, Weeke J, Moller N. Decreased lipid intermediate levels and lipid oxidation rates despite normal lipolysis in patients with hypothyroidism. Thyroid. 2010 Aug;20(8):843-9. doi: 10.1089/thy.2009.0212.
• Background Tzotzas T, Krassas GE, Konstantinidis T, Bougoulia M. Changes in lipoprotein(a) levels in overt and subclinical hypothyroidism before and during treatment. Thyroid. 2000 Sep;10(9):803-8. doi: 10.1089/thy.2000.10.803.
• Background Pazos F, Alvarez JJ, Rubies-Prat J, Varela C, Lasuncion MA. Long-term thyroid replacement therapy and levels of lipoprotein(a) and other lipoproteins. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1995 Feb;80(2):562-6. doi: 10.1210/jcem.80.2.7852521.
• Background Pearce EN, Wilson PW, Yang Q, Vasan RS, Braverman LE. Thyroid function and lipid subparticle sizes in patients with short-term hypothyroidism and a population-based cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Mar;93(3):888-94. doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-1987. Epub 2007 Dec 11.
• Background Lando HM, Burman KD. Two cases of statin-induced myopathy caused by induced hypothyroidism. Endocr Pract. 2008 Sep;14(6):726-31. doi: 10.4158/EP.14.6.726.
• Background Willard DL, Leung AM, Pearce EN. Thyroid function testing in patients with newly diagnosed hyperlipidemia. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Feb 1;174(2):287-9. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12188. No abstract available.

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