Climacteric Therapy With Applied Relaxation Using InterNet

NCT ID: NCT01245907

Last Updated: 2014-04-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

46 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-02-28

Study Completion Date

2012-10-31

Brief Summary

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The aim is to evaluate effects of internet-based applied relaxation (a simplified version of cognitive behavioral therapy) for women with menopausal symptoms mainly vasomotoric symptom (VMS), i.e. hot flashes and sweating. Sixty postmenopausal women with VMS will be recruited and 30 randomized to applied relaxation (AR) via internet and 30 to a control group which is a non-treated waitlist group.

At baseline, after 10 weeks of therapy and six, 12 and 24 months after end of therapy women will be asked to fill in diaries about hot flashes and answer questionnaires on Quality of Life (Women's Health Questionnaire; WHQ, anxiety and depression measured with Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HADS and one measuring sleep, Insomnia Severity Index; ISI as well as one about knowledge of the climacteric and hormone therapy).

The waiting list group will be offered internet based AR after 10 weeks with the same follow-up as the treatment group.

Detailed Description

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See above

Conditions

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Hot Flashes Menopause

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Applied relaxation

Applied relaxation given by Internet during 10 weeks as a number of text-documents, audio-files and e-mail mediated support from therapists

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Applied relaxation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Applied relaxation given by Internet during 10 weeks as a number of text-documents, audio-files and e-mail mediated support from therapists

Waiting-list/control

No intervention for 10 weeks but the same registrations and diaries and forms as the interventional group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Applied relaxation

Applied relaxation given by Internet during 10 weeks as a number of text-documents, audio-files and e-mail mediated support from therapists

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* A minimum of 7 moderate or severe hot flashes per 24 h or 50 hot flashes per week in average at least during one week before randomization (mild = hot flash without sweating as recognized by the woman but not disturbing the woman, moderate = hot flash and sweating as recognized by the woman but that does not lead to disruption of ongoing activity, severe = hot flash with sweating that leads to disruption of ongoing activity)
* Natural menopause (at least 12 months without any menstrual bleedings at all)
* At least 45 years of age during present year
* Access to computer with Internet
* Ability to read and speak Swedish
* Freely informed concent for participation

Exclusion Criteria

* Induced menopause (e.g. hysterectomy, oophorectomy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy over abdominal- and/or pelvic region)
* Early or premature menopause (before 45 years of age)
* Breastcancer disease with ongoing therapy with antiestrogen or aromatase inhibitors
* Ongoing usage or use during the last month of hormone therapy or other treatment aimed for hot flashes (e.g. natural remedies affecting hot flashes, acupuncture, dietary supplements aimed to treat hot flashes
* Treatment with psychopharmacological drugs (e.g SSRI or SNRI) or frequent use of benzodiazepines, drugs for insomnia(\> 1 times/week)
* Untreated or unstable endocrinological- or metabolic disease( e.g thyroid disease)
* Undiagnosed vaginal bleeding after menopause
Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Linkoeping University

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mats Hammar

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mats Hammar

Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mats L Hammar, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Linkoeping University

Locations

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County Council of Östergötland, Kvinnokliniken

Linköping, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

References

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Nedstrand E, Wyon Y, Hammar M, Wijma K. Psychological well-being improves in women with breast cancer after treatment with applied relaxation or electro-acupuncture for vasomotor symptom. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2006 Dec;27(4):193-9. doi: 10.1080/01674820600724797.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17225620 (View on PubMed)

Nedstrand E, Wijma K, Wyon Y, Hammar M. Applied relaxation and oral estradiol treatment of vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women. Maturitas. 2005 Jun 16;51(2):154-62. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.05.017.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15917156 (View on PubMed)

Ost LG. Applied relaxation: description of a coping technique and review of controlled studies. Behav Res Ther. 1987;25(5):397-409. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(87)90017-9. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 3318800 (View on PubMed)

Carlbring P, Ekselius L, Andersson G. Treatment of panic disorder via the Internet: a randomized trial of CBT vs. applied relaxation. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2003 Jun;34(2):129-40. doi: 10.1016/s0005-7916(03)00026-0.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12899896 (View on PubMed)

Furmark T, Carlbring P, Hedman E, Sonnenstein A, Clevberger P, Bohman B, Eriksson A, Hallen A, Frykman M, Holmstrom A, Sparthan E, Tillfors M, Ihrfelt EN, Spak M, Eriksson A, Ekselius L, Andersson G. Guided and unguided self-help for social anxiety disorder: randomised controlled trial. Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Nov;195(5):440-7. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.060996.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19880935 (View on PubMed)

Lindh-Astrand L, Brynhildsen J, Hoffmann M, Kjellgren KI, Hammar M. Knowledge of reproductive physiology and hormone therapy in 53- to 54-year-old Swedish women: a population-based study. Menopause. 2007 Nov-Dec;14(6):1039-46. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31803816ca.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17519805 (View on PubMed)

Wiklund I, Karlberg J, Lindgren R, Sandin K, Mattsson LA. A Swedish version of the Women's Health Questionnaire. A measure of postmenopausal complaints. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1993 Nov;72(8):648-55. doi: 10.3109/00016349309021159.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8259753 (View on PubMed)

Lisspers J, Nygren A, Soderman E. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD): some psychometric data for a Swedish sample. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1997 Oct;96(4):281-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb10164.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9350957 (View on PubMed)

Karling P, Hammar M, Varenhorst E. Prevalence and duration of hot flushes after surgical or medical castration in men with prostatic carcinoma. J Urol. 1994 Oct;152(4):1170-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)32530-2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8072086 (View on PubMed)

Holmberg L, Iversen OE, Rudenstam CM, Hammar M, Kumpulainen E, Jaskiewicz J, Jassem J, Dobaczewska D, Fjosne HE, Peralta O, Arriagada R, Holmqvist M, Maenpaa J; HABITS Study Group. Increased risk of recurrence after hormone replacement therapy in breast cancer survivors. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Apr 2;100(7):475-82. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn058. Epub 2008 Mar 25.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18364505 (View on PubMed)

Berg G, Gottwall T, Hammar M, Lindgren R. Climacteric symptoms among women aged 60-62 in Linkoping, Sweden, in 1986. Maturitas. 1988 Oct;10(3):193-9. doi: 10.1016/0378-5122(88)90022-9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 3185293 (View on PubMed)

Hoffmann M, Hammar M, Kjellgren KI, Lindh-Astrand L, Brynhildsen J. Changes in women's attitudes towards and use of hormone therapy after HERS and WHI. Maturitas. 2005 Sep 16;52(1):11-7. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.06.003.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16023804 (View on PubMed)

Lindh-Astrand L, Holm AC, Sydsjo G, Andersson G, Carlbring P, Nedstrand E. Internet-delivered applied relaxation for vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women: lessons from a failed trial. Maturitas. 2015 Apr;80(4):432-4. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.010. Epub 2015 Feb 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25700856 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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20100528/CARIN

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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