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NCT Number: NCT00374387

Psychosocial and Physiological Mechanisms in the Effect of Hormonal Contraception on the Female Sexual Desire

75 heterosexual women are asked to use 3 different types of contraception (Nuvaring, low-dose combination pill, minipill), each during 3 months. On a monthly basis, questionnaires are filled out about sexual desire and psychosocial, relational en sexual parameters. Also the sexual desire of the partner is questioned. On a three-monthly basis, blood samples are drawn to determine changes in hormonal parameters (one sample per product period).

75 lesbian women are doing the same trial, but during an extra 3 months period, they are asked to have their natural menstrual cyclus as a control condition. Blood samples during these extra months will be drawn at the third or fourth day after start of the menses.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy

Age range

18 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Hospital Ghent

Ghent, 9000, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Heterosexual or lesbian women
  • Aged between 18 and 45 years
  • Stable monogameous relationship
  • Normal menstrual cyclus

Exclusion criteria

  • Polycystic ovarial syndrome
  • Normal exclusion criteria for the use of contraception
  • Use of medication known to influence sexual desire and/or androgen levels
  • Women who wants to become pregnant, are pregnant or breastfeeding

Treatment and study plan

NuvaRing

Drug

low-dose combination pill

Drug

minipill

Drug

Primary outcomes

  1. Parameters about sexual desire and psychosocial, relational en sexual parameters.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Ghent

Other

Collaborators

  • Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2011
First posted
Sep 11, 2006
Registry last updated
Mar 31, 2011

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