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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00111215
Date of registration: 18/05/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public title: Treatment and Management of Women With Bleeding Disorders
Scientific title: Treatment and Management of Women With Bleeding Disorders
Date of first enrolment: January 2001
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00111215
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Nicole F Dowling, PhD
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Affiliation:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Referred to study by gynecologist or internist/family practitioner with diagnosis of
menorrhagia or referred by self through community advertising or networking

- Prospective pictorial chart scores of menses >100

- Negative pelvic exam and Pap smear within the past year. *Ultrasound if manual exam
indicates abnormal uterine size; *Endometrial biopsy if >35 and non-cyclic bleeding;
*Rule out acute pelvic diseases – gonorrhea, chlamydia

- Age 18-50

- Willing to go off oral contraceptives and selected drugs (including some nutritional
supplements and drugs that affect coagulation such as aspirin and ibuprofen) for
initial laboratory testing and throughout the cross-over drug portion of the study

- Periods at least every 39 days

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient is not proficient in English

- Patient is pregnant

- Patient on hormone replacement, Depo-Provera, or Norplant in last three months

- Patient has intrauterine device (IUD) present

- Patient is taking warfarin sodium (Coumadin) or other anti-coagulation therapy

- History of documented vascular disease (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular
disease or stroke, transient ischemic attack, peripheral vascular disease)

- Uncontrolled hypertension

- Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

- Chronic renal or liver disease

- History of seizure disorder

- History of cancer (other than non-invasive skin cancer)

- History of venous or arterial thromboembolism

- Patient with a previously diagnosed bleeding disorder has taken or is taking
desmopressin acetate or antifibrinolytic drugs for treatment of heavy menstrual
bleeding



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hematologic Disease
Menorrhagia
Von Willebrand Disease
Blood Coagulation Disorders
Blood Platelet Disorders
Intervention(s)
Drug: Desmopressin Acetate
Drug: Tranexamic Acid
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in quality of life
Reduction of menstrual blood loss as measured by a Pictorial Self-Assessment Chart
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
CDC-NCBDDD-2906
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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