World Health Organization site
Skip Navigation Links

Main
Note: This record shows only 22 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register.
Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 7 April 2015
Main ID:  NCT00027430
Date of registration: 05/12/2001
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Public title: Androgen Replacement Therapy in Women With Hypopituitarism
Scientific title: TheraDerm Administration in Women With Hypopituitarism
Date of first enrolment: September 2001
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00027430
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Anne Klibanski, M.D.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:

- Hypogonadism and/or hypoadrenalism of central origin

- Testosterone or free testosterone level below the median for age-matched normal
controls

- Prior estrogen preparation for at least 6 months

Exclusion criteria:

- Any disease known to affect bone metabolism, including untreated hypothyroidism or
hyperthyroidism

- Change in thyroid hormone dose in the last 3 months

- Untreated Cushing's syndrome

- Renal failure

- Alcoholism

- Anorexia nervosa

- Prior use of medication known to affect bone metabolism (e.g., supraphysiologic doses
of glucocorticoids, phenytoin, bisphosphonates, or calcitonin) within the past 3
months

- Pregnant or nursing

- Uncontrolled hypertension

- ALT greater than 3 times upper limit of normal

- Serum creatinine greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal

- Any contraindication to estrogen therapy, including history of breast cancer or
undiagnosed uterine bleeding

- Concurrent growth hormone replacement therapy, if patient has been receiving it for
less than 2 years



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypopituitarism
Intervention(s)
Drug: TheraDerm
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
FD-R-1981-01
FD-R-001981-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL:
Disclaimer: Trials posted on this search portal are not endorsed by WHO, but are provided as a service to our users. In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for any damages arising from the use of the information linked to in this section. None of the information obtained through use of the search portal should in any way be used in clinical care without consulting a physician or licensed health professional. WHO is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness and/or use made of the content displayed for any trial record.
Copyright - World Health Organization - Version 3.6 - Version history