Cardiovascular risk factors in post menopausal woman: The effect of mode of delivery of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

ISRCTN ISRCTN22651289
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN22651289
Secondary identifying numbers N/A
Submission date
23/01/2004
Registration date
23/01/2004
Last edited
21/12/2009
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Circulatory System
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Mary Seed
Scientific

Cardiovascular Medicine
5th Floor
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)20 8846 7901

Study information

Study designRandomised open label controlled parallel group trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Other
Study typeTreatment
Scientific title
Study objectivesTo establish differences, if any, in alteration in cardiovascular risk factors with HRT in post menopausal women according to route of administration of HRT, oral, transdermal and implant, using first oestrogen alone then oestrogen plus norethisterone, or testosterone for implant. There is increasing use of HRT by post menopausal women. Observational epidemiological studies in the United States but no randomised controlled trials of HRT have been carried out in the primary practice setting. Previous studies of cardiovascular risk factors have shown a variety of responses according to type of progestagen and oral or topical administration. None has examined the effect of route using identical progestagen.
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedHypertension, menstrual disorders and hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
InterventionMenopausal status was confirmed and women were randomised to one of three treatment groups or acted as controls. The treatment regimes were two oral groups, with cyclical or continuous progestagen, and one transdermal regime with cyclical progestagen. The group who had had a hysterectomy received HRT by implant. Each regime lasted six months: for the first 3 months, oestradiol unopposed was given by each route; for the second three months, norethisterone was added as the progestagen, orally and transdermally as appropriate.

Measurements: Blood samples
1. fasting glucose
2. insulin
3. total cholesterol
4. high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol
5. low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and triglycerides
6. lipoprotein (a)
7. follicular stimulating hormone
8. lutenising hormone
9. oestradiol
10. factor VII
11. fibrinogen
12. plasmin antiplasmin
13. thrombin anti thrombin
14. Von willebrand factors
15. E-selectin
Intervention typeDrug
Pharmaceutical study type(s)
PhaseNot Specified
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)Oestradiol, norethisterone, testosterone
Primary outcome measure1. Response to HRT
2. Anthropometric measurements
3. Cardiovascular Risk Factors
4. Blood pressure
5. Lipoproteins
6. Glucose and insulin
7. Clotting variables
8. Arterial wall factors
Secondary outcome measuresNot provided at time of registration
Overall study start date01/02/1995
Completion date13/03/2000

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupOther
SexFemale
Target number of participants260 recruited (intervention group: 160, control group: 100); 161 completed (intervention group: 78, control group: 83); seperate implant group 34
Key inclusion criteriaWomen aged 50 - 65 years from lists in general practices local to the Charing Cross Hospital Lipid Clinic in West London.
Key exclusion criteriaWomen with liver, renal or endocrine abnormalities were excluded, as were those on lipid altering medication.
Date of first enrolment01/02/1995
Date of final enrolment13/03/2000

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Cardiovascular Medicine
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Government

The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website http://www.doh.gov.uk

Funders

Funder type

Government

NHS Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke National Research and Development Programme (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/12/2000 Yes No