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Registration number
ACTRN12610000029099
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
6/01/2010
Date registered
11/01/2010
Date last updated
5/03/2014
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
The effect of transdermal testosterone patch (Intrinsa registered trademark) on cognitive performance in older postmenopausal women: a randomized placebo controlled trial over 26 weeks.
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Scientific title
The effect of transdermal testosterone patch (Intrinsa registered trademark) on cognitive performance in older postmenopausal women: a randomized placebo controlled trial over 26 weeks.
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Secondary ID [1]
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
U1111-1113-1784
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Trial acronym
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
cognition
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Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health
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Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
transdermal testosterone patch (Intrinsa) 300 mcg, 1 patch applied twice weekly (patch applied to skin for 3.5 days), duration 26 weeks
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Intervention code [1]
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Treatment: Drugs
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Intervention code [2]
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Prevention
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Comparator / control treatment
transdermal placebo patch applied twice weekly (patch applied to skin for 3.5 days), duration 26 weeks
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Control group
Placebo
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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cognitive performance as assessed by a computerised cognitive battery (CogState)
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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6 months following randomisation
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Secondary outcome [1]
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nil
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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nil
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Healthy postmenopausal women aged 65 to 70 years, on no hormone therapy (HRT).
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Minimum age
65
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Maximum age
70
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Sex
Females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
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Key exclusion criteria
Any hormone therapy in the past 12 months (i.e. systemic oestrogen, testosterone, tibolone, or dehydroepiandrosterone acetate [DHEA]) excluding topical vaginal oestrogens. Past or present history of cancer, significant disease of the heart, liver, or kidneys, serious endocrine (hormone) disorder, androgenic alopecia (loss of scalp hair in a male pattern) or use of anti-androgen therapy, epilepsy, seizures, psychiatric illness including depression, neurological (nerve, spinal cord or brain) injury including head injury, intellectual disability, uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure), major gynaecological (ovarian, vaginal, cervical, womb or uterus) surgery in the preceding 3 months, levels of testosterone higher than the normal reference range for young premenopausal women, use of androgen or anti-androgen therapy, the use of other medication that may interfere with the results of the study. Regular consumption of an excess of alcohol (more than 3 standard drinks per day)
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
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Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
central randomization by computer
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
simple randomization by using a randomization table created by computer software
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Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Other design features
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Phase
Phase 2
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/07/2010
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Actual
27/07/2010
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Date of last participant enrolment
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Actual
15/03/2012
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Date of last data collection
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Sample size
Target
120
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Accrual to date
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Final
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Recruitment in Australia
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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University
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Name [1]
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Monash University
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Address [1]
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Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3800
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
University
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Name
Monash University
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Address
Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3800
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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None
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Name [1]
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Address [1]
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [1]
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Building 3E, Room 111, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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07/01/2010
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Approval date [1]
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Ethics approval number [1]
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Summary
Brief summary
Circulating testosterone levels in young healthy women exceed those of oestrogen and by the time women reach their 40s, their blood testosterone levels are about half those of women in their 20s. Restoration of testosterone levels in postmenopausal women to those of younger women improves several aspects of cognitive function using conventional tests of cognitive performance. More recently, in a pilot study of postmenopausal women given transdermal testosterone over a period of 26 weeks we observed improved verbal and visual learning and memory using highly sensitive measures of cognitive performance. The aim of this study is to use these sensitive measures of cognitive function, which can detect subtle changes in cognitive performance in well older individuals, in a randomised placebo-controlled trial to determine whether restoration of blood testosterone levels in older women to those of premenopausal women over 26 weeks enhances cognitive performance when compared with placebo therapy.
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Trial website
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Trial related presentations / publications
1. Davis SR, Davison SL, Gavrilescu M, Searle K, Gogos A, Rossell SL, Egan GF, Bell RJ. Effects of testosterone on visuospatial function and verbal fluency in postmenopausal women: results from a functional magnetic resonance imaging pilot study. Menopause. 2013 Sep 2. [Epub ahead of print] 2. US Endocrine Society Annual Congress June 2013 - poster presentation of preliminary data
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Public notes
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Dr Sonia Davison
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Address
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Women's Health Research Program
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Level 6 The Alfred Hospital
99 Commercial Rd
Melbourne Victoria 3004
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61399030827
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
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Susan Davis
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Address
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Women's Health Research Program
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Level 6 The Alfred Hospital
99 Commercial Rd
Melbourne Victoria 3004
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Australia
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Phone
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+61399030827
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Fax
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+61399030828
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
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Susan Davis
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Address
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Women's Health Research Program
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Level 6 The Alfred Hospital
99 Commercial Rd
Melbourne Victoria 3004
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Australia
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