Comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in Ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results

INTRODUCTION : Muslim who fast during Ramadan find it difficult to take L-thyroxine as recommended every morning on empty stomach during sahur.The changes in eating patterns and gastric motility during Ramadan might affect the absorption and efficacy of L-thyroxine.This study is to compare the effi...

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Main Authors: Zakaria, Nurul Aulia, Zakaria, Miza Hiryanti, Shahar, Mohammad Arif
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spelling iium-678952019-10-02T01:12:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67895/ Comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in Ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results Zakaria, Nurul Aulia Zakaria, Miza Hiryanti Shahar, Mohammad Arif R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RC648 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Endocrine Glands. Clinical Endocrinology INTRODUCTION : Muslim who fast during Ramadan find it difficult to take L-thyroxine as recommended every morning on empty stomach during sahur.The changes in eating patterns and gastric motility during Ramadan might affect the absorption and efficacy of L-thyroxine.This study is to compare the efficacy and safety of weekly vs daily dosing of L-thyroxine during Ramadan. METHODS : This was a randomized opened-label control trial during Ramadan 2017 held in a tertiary centre in Kuantan. Eight hypothyroid patients were randomized into weekly and daily arm (n=4 each arm).The weekly arm took 7x their usual thyroxine dose at least 30 minutes pre-sahur once a week whereas the daily arm took their usual thyroxine dose daily at least 2 hours after the last meal before bed.Thyroid function test (TSH, fT3, fT4), cardiac parameters (ecg, echo,holter), cognitive and psychological assessment were done at week zero.At week 2 repeated cardiac assessment were done for the weekly arm 24-hours after dosing.Thyroid function,cognitive and psychological function of both arm were reassessed at the end of week 4. RESULTS : The median age for weekly and daily group were 37(31.7,45.2) and 36(33.8,48.3) years old with majority(75%each arm) were diagnosed with post-radioiodine hypothyroidism.The median fT4 levels at week 4(weekly arm) was significantly higher compared from baseline [11.7(7.8,14.7) vs12.8(8.7,17.7)mmol/L;p=0.017 ].Nevertheless,it was not accompanied by increase fT3 or reduced TSH. Comparison of TSH, fT4 and fT3 between both arm at week 4 was not statistically significant . In term of toxicity,there was no significant increase in fT3 and fT4 level 24 hours post high doses of L-thyroxine in the weekly arm compared to baseline [fT3:4.3(4.2,4.9) vs4.7(3.6,5.7);p=0.70] and [fT4:11.7(7.8,14.7) vs 15.3(9.6,20.2);p=0.68]. None of the patients in both arm reported any side effects. CONCLUSION : From this pilot study, weekly L-thyroxine dosing during Ramadan appear to be efficient and safe,however a larger sample size is required to confirm the feasibility. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67895/1/weekly%20vs%20daily%20thyroxine%20MAC9%202018.pdf Zakaria, Nurul Aulia and Zakaria, Miza Hiryanti and Shahar, Mohammad Arif (2018) Comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in Ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results. In: Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society (MEMS) Annual Congress 2018, 4th-6th May 2018, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
RC Internal medicine
RC648 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Endocrine Glands. Clinical Endocrinology
Zakaria, Nurul Aulia
Zakaria, Miza Hiryanti
Shahar, Mohammad Arif
Comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in Ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results
description INTRODUCTION : Muslim who fast during Ramadan find it difficult to take L-thyroxine as recommended every morning on empty stomach during sahur.The changes in eating patterns and gastric motility during Ramadan might affect the absorption and efficacy of L-thyroxine.This study is to compare the efficacy and safety of weekly vs daily dosing of L-thyroxine during Ramadan. METHODS : This was a randomized opened-label control trial during Ramadan 2017 held in a tertiary centre in Kuantan. Eight hypothyroid patients were randomized into weekly and daily arm (n=4 each arm).The weekly arm took 7x their usual thyroxine dose at least 30 minutes pre-sahur once a week whereas the daily arm took their usual thyroxine dose daily at least 2 hours after the last meal before bed.Thyroid function test (TSH, fT3, fT4), cardiac parameters (ecg, echo,holter), cognitive and psychological assessment were done at week zero.At week 2 repeated cardiac assessment were done for the weekly arm 24-hours after dosing.Thyroid function,cognitive and psychological function of both arm were reassessed at the end of week 4. RESULTS : The median age for weekly and daily group were 37(31.7,45.2) and 36(33.8,48.3) years old with majority(75%each arm) were diagnosed with post-radioiodine hypothyroidism.The median fT4 levels at week 4(weekly arm) was significantly higher compared from baseline [11.7(7.8,14.7) vs12.8(8.7,17.7)mmol/L;p=0.017 ].Nevertheless,it was not accompanied by increase fT3 or reduced TSH. Comparison of TSH, fT4 and fT3 between both arm at week 4 was not statistically significant . In term of toxicity,there was no significant increase in fT3 and fT4 level 24 hours post high doses of L-thyroxine in the weekly arm compared to baseline [fT3:4.3(4.2,4.9) vs4.7(3.6,5.7);p=0.70] and [fT4:11.7(7.8,14.7) vs 15.3(9.6,20.2);p=0.68]. None of the patients in both arm reported any side effects. CONCLUSION : From this pilot study, weekly L-thyroxine dosing during Ramadan appear to be efficient and safe,however a larger sample size is required to confirm the feasibility.
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author Zakaria, Nurul Aulia
Zakaria, Miza Hiryanti
Shahar, Mohammad Arif
author_facet Zakaria, Nurul Aulia
Zakaria, Miza Hiryanti
Shahar, Mohammad Arif
author_sort Zakaria, Nurul Aulia
title Comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in Ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results
title_short Comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in Ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results
title_full Comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in Ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results
title_fullStr Comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in Ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in Ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results
title_sort comparison of weekly vs daily dosing of levothyroxine for treatment of hypothyroidism in ramadan – a pilot randomized controlled trial: preliminary results
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/67895/
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