Effects of Metformin Plus Simvastatin on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS): A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Launched by FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES · Nov 27, 2009

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • All patients should have at least two of three following criteria: I) chronic anovulation, II) clinical and/or biochemical evidence of androgen excess and III) polycystic-appearing ovaries on transvaginal ultrasound.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with Cushing's syndrome, hyperprolactinemia, diabetes mellitus (DM), thyroid disease, adrenal hyperplasia and androgen-secreting tumors or other endocrinopathies, will be excluded from the study.
• • Patients with adrenal hyperplasia will be excluded by ACTH-stimulated 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels less than 10 ng/ml (15), and ACTH-stimulated 11-deoxycortisol levels less than 21 ng/ml \[3-fold the 95th percentile (16) of a historical control group of 60 healthy women controls\].
• • Those subjects who have kidney or liver diseases and those who were smoker or had breast cancer will also be excluded from the study.
• • None of the participants receive oral contraceptives (OCPs), steroid hormones or any medications that interfere with lipid metabolism, ovarian and pituitary and hypothalamic function, or insulin sensitivity in the last 3 months before study.