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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00382057
Date of registration: 26/09/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Public title: Testosterone Effects on Men With the Metabolic Syndrome
Scientific title: Effect of Increasing Testosterone Levels on Insulin Sensitivity in Men With the Metabolic Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: May 2006
Target sample size: 72
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00382057
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     William F Crowley, MD
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Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Name:     Frances J Hayes, MD
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Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 50-75 yr

2. Diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome defined by the American Heart
Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute guidelines as the presence of
three or more of the following:

- Waist circumference > 102 cm

- Serum triglycerides > 150 mg/dL

- HDL cholesterol < 40 mg/dL

- Blood pressure > 130 mm Hg systolic or 85 mm Hg diastolic, or treatment with
anti-hypertensives

- Fasting serum glucose > 100 mg/dL

3. Plasma total testosterone level less than 300 ng/dL (1 SD below the mean for young
healthy men)

4. Stable weight for previous three months (no weight change greater than or equal to
+/-10 lbs)

5. Normal TSH, prolactin and prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels (<2.5 ng/mL)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. New diagnosis of type 2 diabetes as defined by the ADA criteria: fasting glucose
greater than 126 mg/dL or random blood glucose greater than 200 mg/dL on two
occasions, or on oral hypoglycemic agents

2. History of testicular disorders (i.e. cryptorchidism)

3. History of bleeding disorders (i.e. thrombocytopenia) or baseline hemoglobin levels
less than 12g/dL

4. History of prostate cancer

5. History of sleep apnea (subjects will also be excluded if at their baseline
assessment they admit to heavy snoring, restless sleep, and/or excessive daytime
somnolence)

6. Symptoms of urinary outflow obstruction (i.e. benign prostatic hypertrophy)

7. Illicit drug use or heavy alcohol use (>4 drinks/day)

8. Allergic disorders

9. Current medications (must exclude individuals taking the following medications:
Testosterone, Cimetidine, Spironolactone, Ketoconazole, Finasteride, DHEA,
Androstenedione, Oral steroids, GnRH analogs)



Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Metabolic Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: Goserelin
Drug: Anastrozole
Drug: Testosterone
Primary Outcome(s)
resting metabolic rate
muscle and body fat distribution
muscle biopsy analysis
insulin sensitivity
VO2 max
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
5 K23 DK02858-02 6/15/05
5 K23 DK02858-1526
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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