TRADE-Testosterone Replacement and Dutasteride Effectiveness

NCT00194675 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

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Summary

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether the combination of the male hormone testosterone \[T\] in gel form and the oral drug dutasteride \[D\], used to shrink large prostate glands can safely reduce the size of the prostate gland and symptoms of prostate enlargement (called benign prostatic hyperplasia \[BPH\]) compared to T treatment alone in men with low testosterone (called hypogonadism).

Conditions

  • Hypogonadism
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Interventions

DRUG

Dutasteride

Dutasteride 0.5 mg orally daily

DRUG

Testosterone gel

Testosterone gel 7.5 g daily topical

DRUG

Placebo dutasteride

placebo dutasteride orally daily

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • GlaxoSmithKline

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

    collaborator OTHER
  • VA Office of Research and Development

    collaborator FED
  • Solvay Pharmaceuticals

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • University of Washington

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alvin M Matsumoto, MD · VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Primary Completion
2010-04-30
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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