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Basic Information
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WITHDRAWN
PHASE2
INTERVENTIONAL
2018-07-01
2024-01-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Single arm crossover
All patients will receive testosterone gel and placebo gel during some months, but the months that they are on each treatment will be unknown to the patient
AndroGel 1 % Topical Gel
testosterone gel
Placebos
Placebo gel
Interventions
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AndroGel 1 % Topical Gel
testosterone gel
Placebos
Placebo gel
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
60 Years
MALE
No
Sponsors
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Washington University School of Medicine
OTHER
University of California, Los Angeles
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Rhonda Voskuhl
Professor, Department of Neurology
Locations
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University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Countries
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References
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Sicotte NL, Giesser BS, Tandon V, Klutch R, Steiner B, Drain AE, Shattuck DW, Hull L, Wang HJ, Elashoff RM, Swerdloff RS, Voskuhl RR. Testosterone treatment in multiple sclerosis: a pilot study. Arch Neurol. 2007 May;64(5):683-8. doi: 10.1001/archneur.64.5.683.
Kurth F, Luders E, Sicotte NL, Gaser C, Giesser BS, Swerdloff RS, Montag MJ, Voskuhl RR, Mackenzie-Graham A. Neuroprotective effects of testosterone treatment in men with multiple sclerosis. Neuroimage Clin. 2014 Mar 6;4:454-60. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.03.001. eCollection 2014.
Gold SM, Chalifoux S, Giesser BS, Voskuhl RR. Immune modulation and increased neurotrophic factor production in multiple sclerosis patients treated with testosterone. J Neuroinflammation. 2008 Jul 31;5:32. doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-5-32.
Ziehn MO, Avedisian AA, Dervin SM, Umeda EA, O'Dell TJ, Voskuhl RR. Therapeutic testosterone administration preserves excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus during autoimmune demyelinating disease. J Neurosci. 2012 Sep 5;32(36):12312-24. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2796-12.2012.
Gold SM, Voskuhl RR. Estrogen and testosterone therapies in multiple sclerosis. Prog Brain Res. 2009;175:239-51. doi: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17516-7.
Liva SM, Voskuhl RR. Testosterone acts directly on CD4+ T lymphocytes to increase IL-10 production. J Immunol. 2001 Aug 15;167(4):2060-7. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.4.2060.
Dalal M, Kim S, Voskuhl RR. Testosterone therapy ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and induces a T helper 2 bias in the autoantigen-specific T lymphocyte response. J Immunol. 1997 Jul 1;159(1):3-6.
Golden LC, Voskuhl R. The importance of studying sex differences in disease: The example of multiple sclerosis. J Neurosci Res. 2017 Jan 2;95(1-2):633-643. doi: 10.1002/jnr.23955.
Spence RD, Voskuhl RR. Neuroprotective effects of estrogens and androgens in CNS inflammation and neurodegeneration. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2012 Jan;33(1):105-15. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2011.12.001. Epub 2011 Dec 24.
Hussain R, Ghoumari AM, Bielecki B, Steibel J, Boehm N, Liere P, Macklin WB, Kumar N, Habert R, Mhaouty-Kodja S, Tronche F, Sitruk-Ware R, Schumacher M, Ghandour MS. The neural androgen receptor: a therapeutic target for myelin repair in chronic demyelination. Brain. 2013 Jan;136(Pt 1):132-46. doi: 10.1093/brain/aws284.
Voskuhl RR, Gold SM. Sex-related factors in multiple sclerosis susceptibility and progression. Nat Rev Neurol. 2012 Mar 27;8(5):255-63. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.43.
Other Identifiers
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1R01NS102295
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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