Hormone therapy may boost sex life in early menopause, study hopes
NCT ID NCT05890417
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study follows 135 women with premature ovarian failure (early menopause) to see if hormone replacement therapy improves their sexual quality of life. Participants fill out questionnaires about sexual function and well-being before starting treatment and again 6 months later. The goal is to understand whether hormone therapy helps with desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- hormone replacement therapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that hormone replacement therapy improves sexual quality of life for women with premature ovarian failure.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with no control group, so results may not prove cause and effect. It is small (135 participants) and only follows women for 6 months.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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72 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- 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 to 40 years
- 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: * positive diagnosis of POI (amenorrhea \> 4 months or spaniomenorrhea \> 4 months and FSH \> 25 IU/L checked twice, more than 4 weeks apart) * absence of hormonal treatment, * patient's oral consent, * affiliated or beneficiary of health insurance Exclusion Criteria: * contraindication to hormonal treatment (history of hormone-dependent cancer, history of ischemic arterial stroke), * inability of the patient to understand the nature or risks or significance and implications of the clinical investigation, * patient under legal protection
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AP-HP_Hôpital Saint Antoine
Paris, France
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CHU Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
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