Search / Trial NCT00001285

Effects of Sex Hormones on Circadian Rhythm in Men and Women

Launched by NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH) · Dec 9, 2002

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Trial Information

Current as of September 08, 2024

Completed

Keywords

Circadian Rhythms Environmental Light Estrogen Melatonin Progesterone Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder Sleep Testosterone Depression Hypomania Mania

Description

It is hypothesized that gonadal steroids modulate circadian rhythms and the sleep-wake cycle in humans, as they do in animals. This hypothesis will be tested by performing chronobiologic evaluations on women enrolled in protocol 92-M-0174 ("The central nervous system effects of pharmacologically induced hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with and without estrogen and progesterone") and on men enrolled in protocol 94-M-0037 (The central nervous system effects of pharmacologically induced hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with and without testosterone replacement"). Based on the animal literature, we ...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

  • Volunteers must be healthy individuals between the ages of 18 and 45 years old.
  • No pregnant women.
  • No history of menstrually-related mood or behavioral disturbances.
  • No volunteers with current or past Axis I diagnoses, significant abnormalities on physical or neurological examination, or significant laboratory abnormalities.
  • Must be HIV negative.

About Sponsor

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

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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Timeline

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Estimated completion

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