Psychosocial and Physiological Mechanisms in the Effect of Hormonal Contraception on the Female Sexual Desire
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Registration Number
- NCT00374387
- Lead Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
- Brief Summary
75 heterosexual women are asked to use 3 different types of contraception (Nuvaring, low-dose combination pill, minipill), each during 3 months. On a monthly basis, questionnaires are filled out about sexual desire and psychosocial, relational en sexual parameters. Also the sexual desire of the partner is questioned. On a three-monthly basis, blood samples are drawn to determine changes in hormonal parameters (one sample per product period).
75 lesbian women are doing the same trial, but during an extra 3 months period, they are asked to have their natural menstrual cyclus as a control condition. Blood samples during these extra months will be drawn at the third or fourth day after start of the menses.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 150
- Heterosexual or lesbian women
- Aged between 18 and 45 years
- Stable monogameous relationship
- Normal menstrual cyclus
- Polycystic ovarial syndrome
- Normal exclusion criteria for the use of contraception
- Use of medication known to influence sexual desire and/or androgen levels
- Women who wants to become pregnant, are pregnant or breastfeeding
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- CROSSOVER
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parameters about sexual desire and psychosocial, relational en sexual parameters.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospital Ghent
🇧🇪Ghent, Belgium