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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00000420
Date of registration: 03/11/1999
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: New York University School of Medicine
Public title: Safety of Estrogens in Lupus: Birth Control Pills
Scientific title: Safety of Estrogens in Lupus Erythematosus - National Assessment (SELENA): Oral Contraceptives
Date of first enrolment: June 1997
Target sample size: 350
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00000420
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Jill P. Buyon, MD
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Affiliation:  Hospital for Joint Diseases
Name:     Michelle Petri, MD
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Affiliation:  Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Dept. of Rheumatology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Female

- Unequivocal diagnosis of SLE

- Inactive disease or be stable on 0.5 mg/kg/day or less of predisone

- Must be between 18 and 39 years old if non-smoker

- Must be between 18 and 35 years old if smoker

Exclusion Criteria:

- Blood pressure >145/95 on three occasions

- Deep vein, arterial thrombosis or pulmonary embolus

- GPL >40; MPL >40; APL >50; dRVVT >37 sec

- APL antibody syndrome ever

- Gynecologic or breast cancer

- Hepatic dysfunction or liver tumors

- Diabetes mellitus (NOT due to steroids) with vascular disease

- Congenital hyperlipidemia

- Complicated migraine

- Severe disease activity (SLEDAI >12)

- Increase in SLEDAI >2 points in 3 months

- Unexplained vaginal bleeding

- Use of estrogen (OCP) for >1 month at any time after SLE diagnosis

- Present pregnancy

- Angina or MI due to APS

- Age >35 yrs. for smokers; >39 yrs. for nonsmokers



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 39 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ortho-Novum 777
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
U01AR042540
U01 AR42540 NIAMS-028B
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
Ethics review
Results
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