Blood pressure pills and sex: new study probes link
NCT ID NCT05156385
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether women with high blood pressure who skip their medication have more sexual problems than those who take it regularly. Researchers will compare sexual function in 348 women using questionnaires and blood tests. The goal is to understand if not taking medication as directed makes sexual issues worse.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 348 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Women over 18, * Hospitalized or received in consultation for the management of hypertension treated in one of the hypertension and therapeutic, nephrology or cardiology departments participating in the study, with confirmed hypertension, treated with the following dosable antihypertensive agent(s): diltiazem, verapamil, acebutolol, atenolol, nébivolol, bisoprolol, metoprolol, propranolol, amiloride, furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, indapamide, spironolactone, spironolactone, Lorsartan, Irbesartan, Ramipril, Perindopril, Amlodipine, * Having signed the informed consent form. * Beneficiary or affiliated to a French Social insurance Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with bariatric surgery, * Patients under guardianship/trusteeship/protection of justice, * Patients with diagnosed and treated psychosis or depression, - Pregnant or nursing women.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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LAZARO Delphine
RECRUITINGToulouse, CHU de Toulouse, 31059, France
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