Understanding Experimentally Induced Hot Flushes

Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of hot flushes on sleep, mood, and well-being. The investigators will cause hot flushes by giving study participants the hormone medication, leuprolide (Lupron), which is a manufactured (artificial) hormone that makes the body think that it has reached menopause temporarily. Most women begin to have hot flushes within 4 weeks after taking leuprolide and resume menses 3 months later. The investigators will administer questionnaires to evaluate changes in sleep and mood over the course of the study.

Timeline

Start

2005-11-28

Primary completion

2007-07-24

Completion

2007-09-02

Publications

• Joffe H, Deckersbach T, Lin NU, Makris N, Skaar TC, Rauch SL, Dougherty DD, Hall JE. Metabolic activity in the insular cortex and hypothalamus predicts hot flashes: an FDG-PET study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Sep;97(9):3207-15. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-1413. Epub 2012 Jun 20.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.