Overview

Study of Therapeutic Value of Periorbital Injection of Glucocorticoid in Mild TAO

Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-12-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether periorbital injection of glucocorticoid is effective and necessary in the treatment of mild TAO.
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Sun Yat-sen University
Treatments:
Glucocorticoids
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

General conditions:

1. clinically diagnosed as thyroid disease;

2. able and willing to participate in clinical trials and ensure regular follow-up.

Eye condition:

1. patients with monocular disease diagnosed by TAO;

2. EUGOGO/NOSPECS grade was mild and CAS score was less than 3;

3. the course of eye disease was less than 12mo and had not been treated in the past.

Exclusion Criteria:

General situation:

1. patients with poor blood glucose control in recent 3 months, glycosylation ≥ 10% ;

2. blood pressure still fluctuated > 180/110mmHg after medication;

3. obvious liver and kidney insufficiency;

4. contraindications for the use of glucocorticoids (peptic ulcer, osteoporosis, severe
infection, psychosis, etc.);

5. patients with severe abnormal blood coagulation;

6. patients with other systemic immune diseases;

7. any uncontrollable clinical problems (severe mental, neurological, cardiovascular,
respiratory and other systemic diseases and malignant tumors);

8. history of chronic infection;

9. pregnant and lactating women.

Eye conditions:

1. B-ultrasound or CT, MRI found other diseases causing exophthalmos (intraorbital space
occupying lesion, inflammatory pseudotumor, neurofibroma, etc.);

2. moderate to severe TAO, in either eye requiring local or systemic treatment;

3. periorbital infectious diseases, hemorrhagic diseases;

4. uveitis, glaucoma, high myopia, diabetic retinopathy and other eye diseases.

5. those who studied the eyes who had a history of arbitrary surgery;

6. those who were considered by the researchers to be excluded.