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NCT number NCT02715713
Other study ID # L16-059
Secondary ID
Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
First received March 17, 2016
Last updated October 14, 2016
Start date March 2016
Est. completion date August 2016

Study information

Verified date October 2016
Source Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary goal of this pilot study is to investigate the association between testosterone deficiency and the presence of abnormalities in the function of the autonomic nervous system. If such association exists, then we will investigate the effect of testosterone replacement therapy on correcting these abnormalities.


Description:

The investigators will recruit 40 men between the ages of 40 to 80-years-old with low testosterone. Participants will be selected among those males referred to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's (TTUHSC's) Internal Medicine Endocrinology Division outpatient clinic for the study and management of testosterone deficiency and to the TTUHSC Urology Department for diagnosis and management of prostate cancer that will result in testosterone deficiency due to surgical or pharmacological castration.

After recruitment, patients will have an initial standard clinical visit where aspects such as fatigue and anxiety will be investigated, followed by a full battery of autonomic testing (tilt table, heart rate response to deep breathing, Valsalva, and the Quantitative Sudomotor Axon Reflex Test (QSART).

Those patients with an initial diagnosis of testosterone deficiency will be initiated on testosterone replacement (intramuscular or skin routes) as standard of care, followed by a second visit in three (3) months--after normalization of serum testosterone levels--to evaluate changes in anxiety and fatigue level, and to repeat the cardiovascular autonomic function test.

Those patients with primary diagnosis of prostate cancer and normal serum testosterone levels will be evaluated a second time after confirmation of low testosterone, as described above. Standard questionnaires will be used to evaluate fatigue and anxiety. The autonomic testing of the heart will include tilt table (tilt the patient 70 degree by special designed table) and heart rate response to deep breathing, and Valsalva maneuver. Descriptive statistics will be compared between before and after treatment using different statistical methods.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Withdrawn
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date August 2016
Est. primary completion date August 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Male
Age group 40 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria for first group:

1. Patients with testosterone deficiency (total testosterone< 277 ng/dL [9.6 nmol/L]) measured between 7-10 am, and with one or more symptoms and signs suggestive of androgen deficiency as mainly determined by history.

- Reduced sexual desire (libido)

- Decreased spontaneous erections

- Breast discomfort, gynecomastia

- Loss of body (axillary and pubic) hair - reduced shaving

- Very small (<5ml) or shrinking testes

- Height loss

- Low trauma fracture

- Low bone mineral density

- Hot flushes

- Sweats

- Decreased energy

- Decreased motivation

- Decreased initiative

- Decreased self confidence

- Feeling sad or blue

- Depressed mood

- Dysthymia

- Poor concentration

- Poor memory

- Sleep disturbance

- Increased sleepiness

2. Age 40 to 80 years

Inclusion Criteria for second group:

1. Patients who underwent chemical or surgical castration for prostatic cancer who are going to receive androgen deprivation therapy.

2. Age 40 to 80 years

Exclusion Criteria (both groups):

1. Patients with history or current diagnosis of:

- Atrial fibrillation.

- Cardiac arrythmia

- Pacemaker placement.

- Myocardial infarction < 3 months

- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus with hemoglobin A1c > 8.5% in the last 6 months.

- Diabetes mellitus with autonomic neuropathy

- Breast cancer

- Heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction below 35%.

- Severe sleep apnea.

- Recent eye surgery (< 3 months)

- Recent ischemic stroke (< 3 months)

- History of retinal detachment.

- History of brain aneurysm.

- Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on oxygen therapy.

- Intraocular hemorrhage and lens dislocation.

- Glaucoma.

- Thyroid disease.

- Not literate in English

Exclusion Criteria for patient who will receive testosterone treatment

- Metastatic prostate cancer

- Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) concentration >4.0 mcg/L,

- Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) >3.0 mcg/L in high-risk men (African-Americans or men with first-degree relatives with prostate cancer). (Measured at clinic visit 1)

- Polycythemia (hemoglobin level >18 g/dL, hematocrit > 52%) (measured at clinic visit 1)

- Severe acne.

- History of venous or arterial thrombosis.

- Persons not literate in English

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective


Locations

Country Name City State
United States Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Number of patients with testosterone deficiency who will have abnormal autonomic function test (abnormal heart rate response to deep breathing, abnormal Valsalva ratio, and abnormal tilt table i.e. orthostatic hypotension). 24 months No
Secondary Number of patients with testosterone deficiency and abnormal autonomic function test who will have such abnormalities corrected if they receive testosterone replacement therapy as part of standard of care. 24 months No
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