Premenstrual Hormonal and Affective State Evaluation (PHASE) Project

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Clinical Trial

— PHASE Project  

Official title:

Premenstrual Hormonal and Affective State Evaluation (PHASE) Project

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03862469
• Other study ID #: 2018-1533
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 26, 2019
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: University of Illinois at Chicago
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

PHASE is designed to evaluate neuroactive hormone trajectories across the menstrual cycle and endocrine, autonomic, and subjective responses to psychosocial stress in women suffering from severe PMS (i.e., premenstrual dysphoric disorder).

Description:

Female volunteers will be recruited from the community for participation in this 3-menstrual cycle study. In the first two menstrual cycles, study participants will chart their symptoms and and ovulation. Study participants will continue to perform ovulation testing during their third menstrual cycle in which they will attend one individualized task session and provide 8 serum samples at different timepoints across the menstrual cycle. Primary analyses will contrast neuroactive hormone trajectories across the menstrual cycle and stress reactivity according to study groups (PMDD vs healthy).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 207
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female
• Aged 18-35 years, established by visual inspection of a government-issued ID
• Average menstrual cycle 21-35 days

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lifetime DSM-5 Axis 1 disorder (except anxiety and depression), as documented in the Mental Health Interview
• Current DSM-5 Axis depressive or anxiety disorder, as documented in the Mental Health Interview
• Positive urine drug screen test
• Breath alcohol concentration >0.00%
• Self-reported smoker or carbon monoxide concentration = 6 ppm
• Irregular menstrual cycle
• Current pregnancy (urine test-verified) or lactation, or a plan to become pregnant
• Moderate or high suicide risk
• Shipley IQ (vocabulary standard score) > 80
• Any prescription medications (including hormonal forms of birth control)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Intervention

Procedure:
• Individualized laboratory test
Laboratory test administered between 6 and 2 days prior to the subsequent menstrual cycle.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Illinois Department of Pharmacy Practice	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Illinois at Chicago

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Hormone Analysis	Allopregnanolone, cortisol, progesterone	2 hours
Primary	Cardiovascular function	Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability	2 hours
Primary	Affect	Subjective Mood States	2 hours
Primary	Estradiol concentrations at 6 menstrual cycle sub-phases	Mean levels of estradiol	One menstrual cycle