Clinical Trial Assessing Toxicity and Efficacy of MF101 for Hot Flashes

Hot Flashes Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase II, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing Toxicity and Efficacy of MF101 for Hot Flashes and Menopausal Symptoms

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00119665
• Other study ID #: MF-101-002
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: July 6, 2005
• Last updated: May 16, 2007
• Start date: February 2006
• Est. completion date: February 2007

Study information

• Verified date: March 2007
• Source: Bionovo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The researchers propose a Phase II randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 180 healthy postmenopausal women experiencing at least 5 hot flashes per day or 35 hot flashes per week. Women will be randomized to one of three arms: 4.5 grams/day (dry weight of extract) of MF101, 9.0 grams/day (dry weight of extract) of MF101 or placebo for 12 weeks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 180
• Est. completion date: February 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 40 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women between the ages of 40 to 60.

• Currently receiving medical care from a health care provider.

• Self-report 5 hot flashes per day or 35 hot flashes per week.

• Postmenopausal as defined by 12 months of spontaneous amenorrhea or 6 months of spontaneous amenorrhea with serum FSH levels > 30mlU/ml or 6 weeks post-surgical bilateral oophorectomy with or without hysterectomy or hysterectomy with FSH levels > 30 mlU/ml.

• Agree not to start new herbal or dietary supplements and not to change the dose of any currently used herbal or dietary supplements for the duration of the trial.

• Successful completion of a Hot Flash Diary, a Daily Study Medication Diary and a Bleeding Diary, tolerates placebo, and 80% compliant at run-in.

• Must have had a mammogram within the last 9 months.

• Have access to a phone.

• Provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to sign an informed consent or fill out questionnaires.

• History of breast, uterine or ovarian cancer or melanoma.

• Abnormal mammogram or breast examination within the last 9 months suggestive of cancer.

• Abnormal Pap smear or pelvic examination within the last 9 months suggestive of cancer.

• Double-wall endometrial thickness that exceeds 5 mm measured on transvaginal ultrasound.

• Unexplained abnormal uterine bleeding within six months of enrollment.

• Pregnancy or lactating.

• Clinical evidence of active ischemic cardiovascular disease or a history of cardiovascular disease.

• History of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism requiring anticoagulation.

• Active liver or gallbladder disease.

• Use of medications, herbal or dietary supplements known to possibly be effective for the treatment of hot flashes within three months of enrollment for oral or transdermal drugs, or within 6 months of enrollment for implanted or injected drugs.

• Use of raloxifene or tamoxifen within three months of enrollment.

• Use of another investigational agent within 3 months of enrollment.

• History of multiple or severe food or medicine allergies.

• Any medical or psychiatric condition that, in the investigator's opinion, would preclude the participant from adhering to the protocol or completing the trial, including severe illness, plans to move, substance abuse, significant problems, or dementia.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hot Flashes

Intervention

Drug:
• MF101

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	Alabama
United States	University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Memphis	Tennessee
United States	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	Minnesota
United States	University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bionovo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Frequency and severity of hot flashes