Relieving Vasomotor Symptoms Effectively With Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy: The REVERT Study

NCT ID: NCT01862861

Last Updated: 2014-07-31

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

69 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-11-30

Study Completion Date

2013-07-31

Brief Summary

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Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) to assess a change in the number of various menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats in surgically or naturally induced peri or post-menopausal women.

Detailed Description

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Participants will be receiving a customized bioidentical hormone regimen which may include a combination of estrogens, progesterone, and testosterone.

Conditions

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Menopause

Keywords

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Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Peri or post-menopausal women.

Women with peri or post-menopausal vasomotor symptoms between 30 and 60 years of age.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants must be women who are in surgically or naturally induced menopause or perimenopause, as determined by their physician.
* Participants must be starting a new regimen of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
* Participants must be expected to receive therapy for at least 12 weeks.
* Participants must be between 30 and 65 years of age.
* Participants must be able to provide sound written informed consent or have an acceptable surrogate capable of giving consent on the subject's behalf.

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants must not have prior hypersensitivity or adverse events to any of the components in the customized prescription.
* Participants must not be pregnant or breastfeeding women.
* Participants must not be managed outside the Medimix Specialty Pharmacy system with regard to their bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
* Participants must not be using another bioidentical hormone at the time of enrollment.
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medimix Specialty Pharmacy, LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Benjamin J Epstein, PharmD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

The Medimix Specialty Pharmacy, LLC

Locations

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The Medimix Specialty Pharmacy, LLC

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Holtorf K. The bioidentical hormone debate: are bioidentical hormones (estradiol, estriol, and progesterone) safer or more efficacious than commonly used synthetic versions in hormone replacement therapy? Postgrad Med. 2009 Jan;121(1):73-85. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2009.01.1949.

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Ruiz AD, Daniels KR, Barner JC, Carson JJ, Frei CR. Effectiveness of compounded bioidentical hormone replacement therapy: an observational cohort study. BMC Womens Health. 2011 Jun 8;11:27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Thurston RC, Joffe H. Vasomotor symptoms and menopause: findings from the Study of Women's Health across the Nation. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2011 Sep;38(3):489-501. doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2011.05.006.

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND

Snyder PJ. Chapter41. Androgens. In: Chabner BA, Bruton LL, Knollman BC, eds. Goodman & Gillman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 12nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2011. http;//www.accesspharmacy.com/content.aspx?aID=16673856. Accessed September 28,2012.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Maclennan AH, Broadbent JL, Lester S, Moore V. Oral oestrogen and combined oestrogen/progestogen therapy versus placebo for hot flushes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004 Oct 18;2004(4):CD002978. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002978.pub2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Other Identifiers

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Medimix Pharm-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id