Clinical trials: Menopause
Menopause, Irritable Mood
Estrogen Variability and Irritability During the Menopause Transition
Women in the menopause transition (perimenopause) experience substantial day-to-day variability in estradiol and have a 2-4-fold increase in major depression risk.
- Trial name
- NCT05388656
- Testing
- Estradiol Patch, 0.1 mg/24 Hours Weekly Transdermal Film, Extended Release, Progesterone 200 mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Menopause
Raising Insulin Sensitivity in Post Menopause
The purpose of this study is to find out if a novel drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration [Duavee™, Pfizer, Inc] for treatment of postmenopausal symptoms (vaginal dryness and hot flashes) and prevention of…
- Trial name
- RISE (NCT02274571)
- Testing
- TSEC (Tissue-selective estrogen complexes)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Menopause
Eating Chocolate at the Right Time Benefits the Circadiam Sytem and Metabolic Efficiency.
The purpose of this investigation is to test the hypothesis that in humans, eating a relatively big amount of chocolate at the wrong time (bedtime) may disrupt our circadian system (change the circadian phase), while taking this…
- Trial name
- ONTIME-CHOC (NCT03949803)
- Testing
- Chocolate 100gr
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Murcia
Menopause, Premenopause
MyMenoPlan: Online Resource for Improving Women's Menopause Knowledge and Informed Decision-making
As part of a National Institute on Aging -funded R01, the investigators developed an evidence-based, multi-media digital resource entitled MyMenoPlan to help women learn about the menopause transition, and the symptoms and…
- Conditions
- Menopause, Premenopause, Postmenopause
- Trial name
- NCT05299983
- Testing
- MyMenoPlan, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 410 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
HIV Infection, Vaginal Atrophy
Accelerated Genital Tract Aging in HIV: Estradiol Clinical Trial
During menopause, there is a decrease in a hormone estrogen, which leads to aging of the vagina. Vaginal aging includes changes in the type and amount of healthy bacteria in the vagina, inflammation and a breakdown of natural…
- Conditions
- HIV Infection, Vaginal Atrophy, Menopause, Menopause Related Conditions
- Trial name
- NCT04079218
- Testing
- Estradiol Vaginal Insert
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kerry Murphy
Menopause
Menopausal Sleep Fragmentation and Body Fat Gain
This study aims to investigate the impact of menopause-related sleep fragmentation on metabolic biomarkers of body fat gain. The investigators hypothesize that experimental sleep fragmentation will result in an adverse leptin…
- Trial name
- NCT03047330
- Testing
- Estradiol withdrawal, Fragmented sleep
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Menopause, Obesity
Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women
The physiological relevance of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in humans is largely unknown. The investigators have shown that suppressing ovarian function in premenopausal women reduces resting energy expenditure (REE), and this is…
- Trial name
- NCT02927392
- Testing
- Leuprolide acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM)
A Randomized, Single Center Pilot Study Comparing Hyaluronic Acid to Vaginal Estrogen for Treatment of Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause
Non-hormonal alternatives for the treatment of genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) are needed. In this proposed trial, patients who are diagnosed with GSM will be randomized to receive either a hyaluronic acid (HLA) vaginal…
- Trial name
- NCT04544475
- Testing
- Revaree, Estrace
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Menopause
Estrogen and Serotonin on Changing Brain Chemistry
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of estrogen and serotonin on cognition, emotional processing, and brain activation.
- Trial name
- NCT01208324
- Testing
- estrogen patch, Amino acids
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Arterial Stiffening, Aging
Sex Hormones and Atherosclerosis Prevention in Perimenopausal Women
The purpose of this study is to find out why women's arteries stiffen as they go through menopause, and how this is affected by estrogen loss.
- Conditions
- Arterial Stiffening, Aging, Menopause
- Trial name
- SHAPE (NCT00608062)
- Testing
- GnRHant - Ganirelix acetate, Transdermal estradiol patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Menopause
Effect of Oral Estradiol and Progesterone Therapy on Vaginal Cytokines in Postmenopausal Women
The purpose of this study is to compare the vaginal health between premenopausal and postmenopausal women before and after using oral "estradiol" for 14 days then "estradiol" and "progesterone" for 14 days.
- Trial name
- NCT02224313
- Testing
- oral estradiol 1.0 mg, oral progesterone 100 mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Intira Sriprasert
Menopause
Estrogen Diastolic Heart Failure
Peri-menopausal women will be randomized to hormone replacement therapy or placebo for 12 weeks to determine if markers of systolic and diastolic function change by echocardiography as well as laboratory markers of heart failure…
- Trial name
- NCT02693002
- Testing
- Estradiol/Norethindrone acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gretchen Wells
Menopause, Brain Activity
LDX and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI in Menopausal Women
This study seeks to assess the effects of lisdexamfetamine (trademark name: Vyvanse; LDX) on executive function and prefrontal cortex activation in menopausal women ages 45-57, who report subjective cognitive difficulties.
- Conditions
- Menopause, Brain Activity, Cognition
- Trial name
- NCT01977625
- Testing
- Lisdexamfetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Menopause, Fracture
Forteo for the Treatment of Unexplained Osteoporosis in Premenopausal Women
Idiopathic osteoporosis (IOP) is an uncommon disorder in which otherwise healthy young individuals sustain one or more low-trauma fractures.
- Conditions
- Menopause, Fracture, Osteoporosis
- Trial name
- IOPForteo (NCT00697463)
- Testing
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Menopause
Bioidentical 'Natural' Hormone Evaluation in Early Menopause
Prospective double blind pilot study comparing bioidentical 'natural' hormones to low-dose PremPro. Forty participants will be enrolled.
- Trial name
- NCT00302731
- Testing
- Estradiol , estriol , progesterone, estradiol, progesterone, estriol, progesterone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jeanne Drisko, MD, CNS, FACN
Menopause, Depression
Impact of Hot Flashes on Sleep and Mood Disturbance
We plan to enroll premenopausal women in a trial investigating the impact of hot flashes developed in response to an injection of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa), leuprolide (brand name: Lupron), on sleep…
- Conditions
- Menopause, Depression, Hot Flashes
- Trial name
- NCT01116401
- Testing
- leuprolide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Perimenopause, Menopause
Perimenopausal Estrogen Replacement Therapy Study
Study Background and Objectives: In the U.S. the majority of heart disease deaths are in women, not men. Much of the gender disparity in CVD rates relate to the burden of CV risk in women after the menopause.
- Conditions
- Perimenopause, Menopause, Depression
- Trial name
- PERT (NCT01308814)
- Testing
- Estradiol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Menopause, Aging
Hormone Replacement and Neural Cardiovascular Control in Postmenopausal Women
Older women have an exaggerated increase in blood pressure during exercise. However, the reasons for this are unclear. It is important to investigate this phenomenon because a greater blood pressure response to exercise has been…
- Conditions
- Menopause, Aging, Blood Pressure
- Trial name
- NCT01633814
- Testing
- Transdermal estradiol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Symptomatic Menopause, Cognitive Impairments
Attention & Memory Impairments in Menopausal Women
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a medication called Vyvanse® (lisdexamfetamine; LDX) has an impact on cognitive functioning, specifically measures of sustained attention, verbal encoding and recall and working…
- Trial name
- NCT01324024
- Testing
- Lisdexamfetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Menopause, Depression
Brain Imaging Study in Menopausal Women With and Without Major Depressive Disorder
The purpose this study is to measure cortical gama-aminobutyric acid levels (GABA) levels in menopausal women with major depressive disorder and healthy subjects using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).
- Trial name
- NCT00626340
- Testing
- MDD diagnosis and Estrogen treatment, MDD diagnosis and Fluoxetine treatment, MDD diagnosis with both Estrogen and Fluoxetine treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania