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| Name | Class |
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| Farmacias Evidence Ltda | UNKNOWN |
| Lemos laboratório de Análises Clínicas | UNKNOWN |
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This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Seventy women, aged 35-75 years, with treatment-emergent loss of libido will be randomly allocated to the treatment with a Transdermal nanoemulsion of Testosterone (500mcg) delivering 300 mcg of testosterone/day or an identical placebo nanoemulsion (PLA) for 12 weeks.
The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of transdermal testosterone nanoemulsion (TNT) as a treatment for SSRI/SNRI-emergent loss of libido.
The primary outcome measures to be evaluated is the change in the Sabbatsberg Sexual Self-rating Scale (SSS) total score over 12 weeks. The 4-week frequency of Satisfactory Sexual Events (SSEs) and the Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FSDS-R) will be also evaluate.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Testosterone 500 mcg / Biolipid B2 | Active Comparator | The arm, is part of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group trial. The arm have 35 women. It consists of a 12-week treatment phase involving three study visits and one telephone contact at week 7 of the treatment. |
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| Placebo | Placebo Comparator | The arm, is part of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group trial. The arm have 35 women. It consists of a 4-week screening period plus a 12-week treatment phase involving three study visits and one telephone contact at week 7 of the treatment. Participants will be attended at the Federal University of São Paulo / Post Graduation Program in São Paulo, Brazil for their study visits. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Testosterone | Drug | It consists of a 12-week treatment with 300mcg of transdermal testosterone phase involving three study visits. Participants will attend at the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil for their study visits. Participants will be submitted to a physical examination including vital signs and breast and pelvic examination. Women who met the eligibility criteria is invited to attend a baseline randomization visit. They will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive a transdermal testosterone nanoemulsion (0.8g per dose) delivering 300 mcg/day testosterone or an identical placebo provided by Evidence Pharmaceuticals LTDA, SP, BRAZIL. Women are asked to return all unused pumps, and treatment compliance was checked by counting weighting returned packs at their final visit. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in sexual function measured by the Sexual Self-rating Scale (SSS) | The SSS is a 21-item, multiple-choice questionnaire containing seven domains (sexual interest, sexual activity, satisfaction with sexual life, experience of sexual pleasure, sexual fantasy, orgasmic capacity, and sexual relevancy). Each item has five levels scored from 0 to 4. Possible composite scores range from 0 (low sexuality) to 84 (high sexuality). It was developed to use in premenopausal and postmenopausal women . Its validity and reliability have been independently established. | Baseline and 12 weeks |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| MARCO BOTELHO | Contact | +558586685000 | marcobotelho1@gmail.com | |
| Dinalva Queiroz, PhD | Contact | +558588864388 | dinafarma@gmail.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ivaldo Silva, PhD | Federal University of São Paulo | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Gynelogical Center | Recruiting | Fortaleza | Ceará | 60115-191 | Brazil |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 24519196 | Result | Botelho MA, Queiroz DB, Barros G, Guerreiro S, Fechine P, Umbelino S, Lyra A, Borges B, Freitas A, Queiroz DC, Ruela R, Almeida JG, Quintans L Jr. Nanostructured transdermal hormone replacement therapy for relieving menopausal symptoms: a confocal Raman spectroscopy study. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2014 Feb;69(2):75-82. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2014(02)01. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D013739 | Testosterone |
| ID | Term |
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| D000737 | Androstenols |
| D000736 | Androstenes |
| D000731 | Androstanes |
| D013256 | Steroids |
| D000072473 |
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| Placebo | Drug | It consists of a 12-week treatment with placebo phase involving three study visits. Participants will attend at the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil for their study visits. |
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| University Potiguar | Recruiting | Natal | Rio Grande do Norte | 59060 | Brazil |
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| Marco Botelho | Recruiting | São Paulo | 04023-062 | Brazil |
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| Fused-Ring Compounds |
| D011083 | Polycyclic Compounds |
| D045165 | Testosterone Congeners |
| D012739 | Gonadal Steroid Hormones |
| D042341 | Gonadal Hormones |
| D006728 | Hormones |
| D006730 | Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |