Recruiting

Thyroid Nodules

Sponsor:

Stony Brook University

Code:

NCT05264857

Conditions

Thyroid Nodule

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Thyroid Nodule Management Education

Study Details

Brief summary:

Patients with small favorable malignant or indeterminate thyroid nodules will receive information about management of thyroid nodules. Participants will be asked to complete brief surveys at the time of enrollment, shortly after the consultation appointment with the surgeon, and a few months after either the consultation or the surgery, to assess their satisfaction with their decision and decision making process. All participants will receive routine care and counseling by their endocrinologist and surgeon.

Conditions

Thyroid Nodule

Study ID

NCT05264857

Start date

Feb 8, 2022

Status verified date

Oct, 2025

Completion date

Sep 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 30, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histology showing indeterminate or malignant thyroid pathology (Bethesda III-VI)
  • Thyroid nodule size less or equal to 2cm

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of thyroid surgery
  • History of thyroid cancer

Study Design

Enrollment

134 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Thyroid nodule information

Interventions

Thyroid Nodule Management Education

Participants will receive information about thyroid nodules and their management

Primary outcome measure

  • Rate of congruence between informed values and treatment choice [ Time Frame: 6 months from surgery or surgical consultation date ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jessica Alfano

631-216-2993jessica.alfano@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Caterina Vacchi-Suzzi

631-216-2993caterina.vacchi-suzzi@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Locations

Stony Brook University Cancer Center

Recruiting

Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11794

Contacts

Jessica Alfano

jessica.alfano@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Caterina Vacchi-Suzzi

6312162993caterina.vacchi-suzzi@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Principal Investigator:

Lukasz Czerwonka, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Stony Brook University

Last update posted

Oct 14, 2025

Last verified

Oct, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Stony Brook University on 2025-10-14.