Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Study on HRQOL and Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Management of Patients With <2cm Thyroid Nodules

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Study on HRQOL and Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Management of Patients With <2cm Thyroid Nodules

Official Title: A Prospective Randomized Study on Health-related Quality of Life of Patients With Incidental Small (<2cm) Asymptomatic Thyroid Nodules and Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Managing Small Incidental Thyroid Nodules

Study ID: NCT02398721

Conditions

Thyroid Nodules

Interventions

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology

Study Description

Brief Summary: Ideally randomized controlled trials should be carried out to compare the cost-effectiveness between FNAC and watchful waiting but such studies are very difficult to conduct in practice because they require following up very large number of subjects for a long period of time. The aims are to determine the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and HRQOL preference (utility) of patients undergoing watchful observation (no FNAC) and routine FNAC, and to determine the cost-effectiveness of two strategies in managing small incidental thyroid nodules for the Chinese population in Hong Kong.

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