Clinical Trials

We plan to create a databank of serum and tissue samples from patients with thyroid autoimmunity, mainly focusing on Graves’ disease and Graves’ orbitopathy, respectively. This set of samples will allow us to study these disorders better in the laboratory as well as test potential agents that can be used as therapies.

The purpose of this study is to perform a comprehensive immunophenotypic analysis of peripheral bloods samples from patients with benign and malignant thyroid disease. This data will be used to determine whether patients with advanced thyroid cancers have significantly altered numbers and/or subtypes of circulating immune cells, in particular immunosuppressive monocytes.