Search / Trial NCT00000420

Safety of Estrogens in Lupus: Birth Control Pills

Launched by NYU LANGONE HEALTH · Nov 3, 1999

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Trial Information

Current as of July 27, 2024

Completed

Keywords

Sle Selena Oral Contraceptives The Pill Birth Control Condom Diaphragm Estrogen Lupus Placebo

Description

This study tests the effect of exogenous female hormones on disease activity and severity in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Physicians generally do not prescribe oral contraceptives (OCs) to women with lupus because of the widely held view that these drugs can activate SLE. This practice is based on the greater incidence of SLE in women than in men, biologic abnormalities of estrogen metabolism, murine models of lupus, several anecdotes of patients having disease flares while receiving exogenous hormones, and a single retrospective study in patients with preexisting renal di...

Gender

Female

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Female
  • Unequivocal diagnosis of SLE
  • Inactive disease or be stable on 0.5 mg/kg/day or less of predisone
  • Must be between 18 and 39 years old if non-smoker
  • Must be between 18 and 35 years old if smoker
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Blood pressure >145/95 on three occasions
  • Deep vein, arterial thrombosis or pulmonary embolus
  • GPL >40; MPL >40; APL >50; dRVVT >37 sec
  • APL antibody syndrome ever
  • Gynecologic or breast cancer
  • Hepatic dysfunction or liver tumors
  • Diabetes mellitus (NOT due to steroids) with vascular disease
  • Congenital hyperlipidemia
  • Complicated migraine
  • Severe disease activity (SLEDAI >12)
  • Increase in SLEDAI >2 points in 3 months
  • Unexplained vaginal bleeding
  • Use of estrogen (OCP) for >1 month at any time after SLE diagnosis
  • Present pregnancy
  • Angina or MI due to APS
  • Age >35 yrs. for smokers; >39 yrs. for nonsmokers

Attachments

readout_NCT00000420_2024-07-27.pdf

4.5 MB

NCT00000420_study_protocol.pdf

4.5 MB

About company

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Locations

Los Angeles, California, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

New York, New York, United States

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Bronx, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

People applied

Timeline

First submit

Trial launched

Trial updated

Estimated completion

Not reported

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20 September 2023

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