Phytoestrogens as an Alternative to Estradiol in Ovulation Induction in PCOS
PCOS
1 other identifier
interventional
150
0 countries
N/A
Brief Summary
Prospective study conducted on 150 women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) were randomly divided into 3 groups: group I (50 women) received clomiphene citrate (CC) only 50 mg orally every 8 hours started from cycle day 3 for 5 days, group II (50 women) received 2mg estradiol valerate daily from cycle day 7 - 11 in addition to CC and group III (50 women) received phytoestrogen (20mg of cimifuga racemosa from day 1- 12) in addition to CC.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_4
Started Jan 2013
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2013
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 25, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 2, 2015
CompletedMarch 24, 2017
March 1, 2017
2 years
January 25, 2015
March 22, 2017
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
endometrial thickness
day 14 of menstrual cycle
Study Arms (3)
clomiphene citrate
ACTIVE COMPARATORonly50 mg orally every 8 hours started from cycle day 3 for 5 days
estradiol valerate and CC
ACTIVE COMPARATOR2mg estradiol valerate orally daily from cycle day 7 - 11 in addition to CC
Phytoestrogen and CC
ACTIVE COMPARATOR20mg of cimifuga racemosaorally from day 1- 12) in addition to CC
Interventions
20mg of cimifuga racemosa from day 1- 12
2mg from cycle day 7 to day 11
50 mg orally every 8 hours started from cycle day 3 for 5 days
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Women with both 1ry and 2ry infertility were included. All women were between 20 and 37 years old.
You may not qualify if:
- women with endocrinological abnormalities as thyroid dysfunction or abnormal prolactin levels, those with hypothalamic or pituitary dysfunctions evaluated by low gonadotropin level, other causes of infertility as tubal factor evaluated by HSG or laparoscopy, abnormal uterine cavity evaluated by sonohystrography or hysteroscopy and male factor evaluated by semen analysis. Women with ovarian cysts were also excluded from the study
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Cairo Universitylead
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Ahmed Maged, MD
Kasr Alainy medical school
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 4
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- TRIPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 25, 2015
First Posted
February 2, 2015
Study Start
January 1, 2013
Primary Completion
January 1, 2015
Study Completion
January 1, 2015
Last Updated
March 24, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-03
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share