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Clinical Trial Summary

Women with Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) have all measures of testosterone activity comparable to controls but lower levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Although DHEA is a precursor of testosterone it has other actions including involvement in the stress system. It is also linked to mood. This study focuses on measures of childhood stress, current mood and salivary stress hormones, in women with and without HSDD. We hypothesize that low levels of DHEA reflect dysfunction of the neuroendocrine stress response system involving the brain, pituitary and adrenal glands where DHEA is produced.


Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD)
  • Hypokinesia
  • Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

NCT number NCT01702818
Study type Observational
Source University of British Columbia
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Status Completed
Phase
Start date February 2012
Completion date November 2016

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