About this trial
Intravenous glucocorticoid (IVGC) is an accessible and effective therapy for Graves orbitopathy (GO); the 4.5-g weekly protocol is well studied, but many details of treatment protocols need to be clarified. The goal of this trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of weekly and daily protocol of IVGC in GO. Researchers will compare daily protocol to weekly protocol to see if daily protocol works to treat GO.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age 18-65 years old;
diagnosed as thyroid associated ophthalmopathy by using Bartley criteria,Moderate to severe (EUGOGO grade), with CAS≥3 points;
Thyroid function normally lasts for more than 2 months, with oral antithyroid drugs or thyroid surgery, or six months after iodine-131 treatment;
without receiving immunosuppressive therapy for thyroid eye disease before.
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- methylprednisolone(daily scheme)
- methylprednisolone(weekly scheme)