Safety of Estrogens in Lupus: Hormone Replacement Therapy

Summary

Safety of Estrogens in Lupus Erythematosus - National Assessment (SELENA) is a study to test whether postmenopausal women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus) can safely use the hormone estrogen. In this part of the study, we will look at the effects of estrogen replacement therapy on the activity and severity of disease in women with SLE.

Timeline

Start

1996-04

Primary completion

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Completion

2002-08

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

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Publications

• Background Petri M, Buyon J, Kim M. Classification and definition of major flares in SLE clinical trials. Lupus. 1999;8(8):685-91. doi: 10.1191/096120399680411281.
• Background Kim MY, Buyon JP, Petri M, Skovron ML, Shore RE. Equivalence trials in SLE research: issues to consider. Lupus. 1999;8(8):620-6. doi: 10.1191/096120399680411308.
• Background Buyon JP. Clinical trials in systemic lupus erythematosus. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2000 Feb;2(1):11-12. doi: 10.1007/s11926-996-0062-y. No abstract available.
• Background Buyon JP. Hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Am Med Womens Assoc (1972). 1998 Winter;53(1):13-7.
• Background Buyon JP, Dooley MA, Meyer WR, Petri M, Licciardi F. Recommendations for exogenous estrogen to prevent glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in premenopausal women with oligo- or amenorrhea: comment on the American College of Rheumatology recommendations for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Arthritis Rheum. 1997 Aug;40(8):1548-9. doi: 10.1002/art.1780400831. No abstract available.
• Background Buyon JP, Wallace DJ. The endocrine system, use of exogenous estrogens, and the urogenital tract. In Dubois' Lupus Erythematosus, 6th edition. Wallace DJ, Hahn BH, eds. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002; pp. 821-841.
• Results Buyon JP, Petri MA, Kim MY, Kalunian KC, Grossman J, Hahn BH, Merrill JT, Sammaritano L, Lockshin M, Alarcon GS, Manzi S, Belmont HM, Askanase AD, Sigler L, Dooley MA, Von Feldt J, McCune WJ, Friedman A, Wachs J, Cronin M, Hearth-Holmes M, Tan M, Licciardi F. The effect of combined estrogen and progesterone hormone replacement therapy on disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Jun 21;142(12 Pt 1):953-62. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-12_part_1-200506210-00004.

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