Efficacy and Safety Evaluating Fispemifene in the Treatment of Hypogonadal Men With Erectile Dysfunction Unresponsive to PDE5 Inhibitors

Summary

The objective of the study is to assess and compare the preliminary efficacy, safety and tolerability of fispemifene 300 mg and placebo given once daily for 8 weeks in the treatment of hypogonadal men with erectile dysfunction (ED) unresponsive to PDE5 inhibitors.

Timeline

Start

2006-12

Primary completion

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Completion

2008-08

Publications

• Background Feldman HA, Goldstein I, Hatzichristou DG, Krane RJ, McKinlay JB. Impotence and its medical and psychosocial correlates: results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. J Urol. 1994 Jan;151(1):54-61. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)34871-1.
• Background NIH Consensus Conference. Impotence. NIH Consensus Development Panel on Impotence. JAMA. 1993 Jul 7;270(1):83-90. No abstract available.
• Background Johannes CB, Araujo AB, Feldman HA, Derby CA, Kleinman KP, McKinlay JB. Incidence of erectile dysfunction in men 40 to 69 years old: longitudinal results from the Massachusetts male aging study. J Urol. 2000 Feb;163(2):460-3.
• Background Campbell HE. Clinical monograph for drug formulary review: erectile dysfunction agents. J Manag Care Pharm. 2005 Mar;11(2):151-71. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2005.11.2.151.
• Background Salonia A, Rigatti P, Montorsi F. Sildenafil in erectile dysfunction: a critical review. Curr Med Res Opin. 2003;19(4):241-62. doi: 10.1185/030079903125001839.
• Background Bhasin S, Cunningham GR, Hayes FJ, Matsumoto AM, Snyder PJ, Swerdloff RS, Montori VM. Testosterone therapy in adult men with androgen deficiency syndromes: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Jun;91(6):1995-2010. doi: 10.1210/jc.2005-2847. Epub 2006 May 23.
• Background Albrecht-Betancourt M, Hijazi RA, Cunningham GR. Androgen replacement in men with hypogonadism and erectile dysfunction. Endocrine. 2004 Mar-Apr;23(2-3):143-8. doi: 10.1385/ENDO:23:2-3:143.
• Background Shabsigh R. Testosterone therapy in erectile dysfunction and hypogonadism. J Sex Med. 2005 Nov;2(6):785-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00139.x.
• Background Kalinchenko SY, Kozlov GI, Gontcharov NP, Katsiya GV. Oral testosterone undecanoate reverses erectile dysfunction associated with diabetes mellitus in patients failing on sildenafil citrate therapy alone. Aging Male. 2003 Jun;6(2):94-9.
• Background Aversa A, Isidori AM, Spera G, Lenzi A, Fabbri A. Androgens improve cavernous vasodilation and response to sildenafil in patients with erectile dysfunction. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2003 May;58(5):632-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01764.x.
• Background Shabsigh R, Kaufman JM, Steidle C, Padma-Nathan H. Randomized study of testosterone gel as adjunctive therapy to sildenafil in hypogonadal men with erectile dysfunction who do not respond to sildenafil alone. J Urol. 2004 Aug;172(2):658-63. doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000132389.97804.d7.
• Background Yassin AA, Saad F, Diede HE. Testosterone and erectile function in hypogonadal men unresponsive to tadalafil: results from an open-label uncontrolled study. Andrologia. 2006 Apr;38(2):61-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00712.x.

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