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Last refreshed on: 4 July 2016
Main ID:  NCT02419729
Date of registration: 06/04/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC
Public title: Evaluation of Fractional CO2 Laser Treatment Efficacy and Comparison to Vaginal Estrogen Therapy in Postmenopausal Women With Vulvovaginal Atrophy
Scientific title: Evaluation of Fractional CO2 Laser Treatment Efficacy and Comparison to Vaginal Estrogen Therapy in Postmenopausal Women With Vulvovaginal Atrophy
Date of first enrolment: March 2015
Target sample size: 45
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02419729
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Vera L da Cruz, MD
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Affiliation:  Faculdade de Medicina do ABC
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 45-65 women with amenorrhea for over 24 months.

- Clinical vaginal atrophy diagnosis.

Exclusion Criteria:

- BMI > 35.

- Previous use of oral estrogen therapy in the last 6 months.

- History or current diagnosis of cancer.

- Altered cervical smear in the last 12 months.

- Renal or hepatic insufficiency.

- Drug-induced menopause.

- Previous use of steroids.

- Previous vaginal radiotherapy therapy.

- Vulvovaginitis.



Age minimum: 45 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Vulvovaginal Atrophy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Estrogen
Device: CO2 laser
Drug: Placebo of Estrogen
Device: Placebo of CO2 laser
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from Baseline in Vulvovaginal Symptom Questionnaire [Time Frame: Baseline, week 10 and week 17]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change from Baseline in Female Sex Function Index [Time Frame: Baseline, week 10 and week 17]
Change from Baseline in The Menopause-Specific Quality of Life [Time Frame: Baseline, week 10 and week 17]
Vaginal Cytology Improvement [Time Frame: Baseline, week 10 and week 17]
Secondary ID(s)
39495014.0.0000.0082
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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