The evolving therapeutic landscape of Graves’ disease in adults: present and future

The therapeutic landscape of Graves’ hyperthyroidism has been rapidly evolving in the past few years. There has been a shift worldwide toward antithyroid drugs as the preferred first-line therapy with significant interest in thyroid function preservation, even if it requires more than 2 years of ant...

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Main Authors: Marius N Stan, Chrysoula Dosiou
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Published: Bioscientifica 2025-07-01
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description The therapeutic landscape of Graves’ hyperthyroidism has been rapidly evolving in the past few years. There has been a shift worldwide toward antithyroid drugs as the preferred first-line therapy with significant interest in thyroid function preservation, even if it requires more than 2 years of antithyroid drug treatment. This approach, long term antithyroid drug therapy, has gained traction as a therapeutic option after it has been shown to be safe and associated with significantly higher rates of remission than the traditional 18-month course of medical treatment. In parallel, we see, after 80 years of antithyroid drugs as the only medical therapy available for Graves’ disease, a strong interest in new drug development that follows more closely the pathophysiology of the disease. These approaches span the spectrum of targeting antigen presentation, B cell activation, TSHR antibody cycle and TSHR signaling. Separately, advances in wearable devices and artificial intelligence models present new opportunities for more timely diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of patients with Graves’ disease. Finally, new therapies will pose novel challenges in the management of patients that will necessitate adjustments to our clinical practices and development of guidelines suited for these new therapeutic options.
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spelling doaj-art-84a7e433c6914eef83b64a9bcc4d72bf2025-08-20T03:51:44ZengBioscientificaEuropean Thyroid Journal2235-08022025-07-0114410.1530/ETJ-25-00781The evolving therapeutic landscape of Graves’ disease in adults: present and futureMarius N Stan0Chrysoula Dosiou1Division of Endocrinology, Nutrition and Metabolism, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USADivision of Endocrinology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USAThe therapeutic landscape of Graves’ hyperthyroidism has been rapidly evolving in the past few years. There has been a shift worldwide toward antithyroid drugs as the preferred first-line therapy with significant interest in thyroid function preservation, even if it requires more than 2 years of antithyroid drug treatment. This approach, long term antithyroid drug therapy, has gained traction as a therapeutic option after it has been shown to be safe and associated with significantly higher rates of remission than the traditional 18-month course of medical treatment. In parallel, we see, after 80 years of antithyroid drugs as the only medical therapy available for Graves’ disease, a strong interest in new drug development that follows more closely the pathophysiology of the disease. These approaches span the spectrum of targeting antigen presentation, B cell activation, TSHR antibody cycle and TSHR signaling. Separately, advances in wearable devices and artificial intelligence models present new opportunities for more timely diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of patients with Graves’ disease. Finally, new therapies will pose novel challenges in the management of patients that will necessitate adjustments to our clinical practices and development of guidelines suited for these new therapeutic options.https://etj.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/etj/14/4/ETJ-25-0078.xmltherapeuticgraves’ diseasepresentfuture
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title The evolving therapeutic landscape of Graves’ disease in adults: present and future
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