Effects of Spinal Cord Injury on Female Sexual Response

Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of SCI on Female Sexual Response

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00142714
• Other study ID #: 5R01HD030149-09
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 1, 2005
• Last updated: October 13, 2006
• Start date: August 2003
• Est. completion date: June 2005

Study information

• Verified date: October 2006
• Source: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• Contact: Paula Spath
• Phone: 1-866-706-5544
• Email: pspath[@]uab.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The long term aims of this project are to 1) Understand the effect of varying degrees and levels of SCI and dysfunction(SCI/D)on females sexual response: 2) Identify the specific neuronal pathways involved in female sexual responses; and 3) Develop and evaluate new assessment and treatment methods for neurogenic sexual dysfunction in women.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: June 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• MS or SCI

• Normal menstrual periods

• Normal hand function

• Have ability to feel sensation from lower abdomen to upper thigh region.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant

• Menopausal

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Female Sexual Dysfunction
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Spinal Cord Injury

Intervention

Procedure:
• Sympathetic manipulation on sexual arousal in women

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	Alabama

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Our central hypothesis are:
Primary	1) In females the SNS regulates psychogenic genital vasocongestion 2) In females the orgasmic reflex requires the presence of an intact sacral spinal cord, 3) In females a pattern generator is responsible for the orgasmic reflex.