A clinical trial to study the effects of an oral pill containing drospirenone on various clinical and biochemical parameters of polycystic ovary syndrome.
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROMECLINICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2009/091/000974
- Lead Sponsor
- DRSUDHINDRA MOHAN BHATTACHARYA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
WOMEN WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME DIAGNOSED AS PER THE ROTTERDAM 2003 CRITERIA, AGE GROUP 14-40 YEARS,
Exclusion Criteria
SECONDARY CAUSES OF HYPERANDROGENISM; HISTORY OF ANY HORMONE INTAKE IN THE PRECEDING 3 MONTHS; MEDICAL CONDITIONS CONTRAINDICATED FOR COMBINED HORMONE THERAPY.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method CHANGES IN CLINICAL PARAMETERS LIKE BMI, ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; HIRSUTISM; ACNE; ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; CHANGES IN SERUM TESTOSTERONE LEVEL, SHBG LEVEL, FREE ANDROGEN INDEX;INSULIN RESISTANCE AS MEASURED BY FASTING GLUCOSE: INSULIN RATIO; CHANGES IN PPSUGAR AND PP INSULIN (AFTER TAKING 75 GM OF GLUCOSE IN EMPTY STOMACH).Timepoint: fIST TIME OF ASSESSMENT - AFTER 6MONTHS OF TREATMENT <br/ ><br>SECOND TIME OF ASSESSMENT- AFTER 12 MONTHS OF TREATMENT
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method SIDE EFFECTS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE STUDY MEDICATIONTimepoint: FIRST AFTER 6 MONTHS AND FINALLY AFTER 12 MONTHS OF TREATMENT.