Testosterone Therapy on Angina Threshold and Atheroma in Patients With Chronic Stable Angina

Summary

This study aims to address the following questions on the effects of testosterone therapy in men with coronary ischaemia: * Does the anti-anginal effect persist long term? Many of the published studies are acute single dose trials and none of the chronic studies have assessed patients formally beyond a few months. The investigators' earlier studies were limited to 3 months. * Does testosterone therapy in men affect the levels of measurable atheroma? There is currently no in-vivo human evidence that androgen therapy inhibits or reduces levels of atheroma, although there is abundant evidence in animals to suggest a potential improvement. This study addresses the two issues and would be of one-year duration but would be the longest trial of testosterone therapy in men with cardiovascular disease. The primary endpoint is the change in time to ST- segment depression of \> 1mm during exercise testing.

Timeline

Start

2005-09

Primary completion

2008-05

Completion

2008-05

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.