Evaluation of Physiologic and Standard Sex Steroid Replacement Regimens in Women With Premature Ovarian Failure

Summary

The aim of the study is to determine whether physiological sex steroid replacement improves parameters of skeletal, cardiovascular and reproductive health of women treated with current sex steroid replacement regimens.

Timeline

Start

2002-02

Primary completion

2006-11

Completion

2006-11

Publications

• Background Bath LE, Critchley HO, Chambers SE, Anderson RA, Kelnar CJ, Wallace WH. Ovarian and uterine characteristics after total body irradiation in childhood and adolescence: response to sex steroid replacement. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1999 Dec;106(12):1265-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08180.x.
• Background Critchley HO, Buckley CH, Anderson DC. Experience with a 'physiological' steroid replacement regimen for the establishment of a receptive endometrium in women with premature ovarian failure. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1990 Sep;97(9):804-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1990.tb02574.x.
• Background Critchley HO, Wallace WH, Shalet SM, Mamtora H, Higginson J, Anderson DC. Abdominal irradiation in childhood; the potential for pregnancy. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1992 May;99(5):392-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1992.tb13755.x.
• Background Davies MC, Gulekli B, Jacobs HS. Osteoporosis in Turner's syndrome and other forms of primary amenorrhoea. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1995 Dec;43(6):741-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1995.tb00544.x.
• Background Hansen SW, Olsen N. Raynaud's phenomenon in patients treated with cisplatin, vinblastine, and bleomycin for germ cell cancer: measurement of vasoconstrictor response to cold. J Clin Oncol. 1989 Jul;7(7):940-2. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1989.7.7.940.
• Background Hawkins MM, Smith RA. Pregnancy outcomes in childhood cancer survivors: probable effects of abdominal irradiation. Int J Cancer. 1989 Mar 15;43(3):399-402. doi: 10.1002/ijc.2910430309.
• Background Hoorweg-Nijman JJ, Kardos G, Roos JC, van Dijk HJ, Netelenbos C, Popp-Snijders C, de Ridder CM, Delemarre-van de Waal HA. Bone mineral density and markers of bone turnover in young adult survivors of childhood lymphoblastic leukaemia. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1999 Feb;50(2):237-44. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00654.x.
• Background Howell SJ, Shalet SM. Aetiology-specific effect of premature ovarian failure on bone mass - is residual ovarian function important? Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1999 Nov;51(5):531-4. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00891.x. No abstract available.
• Background Kaneko N, Kawagoe S, Hiroi M. Turner's syndrome--review of the literature with reference to a successful pregnancy outcome. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 1990;29(2):81-7. doi: 10.1159/000293307.
• Background Krolner B, Pors Nielsen S. Bone mineral content of the lumbar spine in normal and osteoporotic women: cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Clin Sci (Lond). 1982 Mar;62(3):329-36. doi: 10.1042/cs0620329.
• Background Mendelsohn ME, Karas RH. The protective effects of estrogen on the cardiovascular system. N Engl J Med. 1999 Jun 10;340(23):1801-11. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199906103402306. No abstract available.
• Background Register TC, Jayo MJ, Jerome CP. Oral contraceptive treatment inhibits the normal acquisition of bone mineral in skeletally immature young adult female monkeys. Osteoporos Int. 1997;7(4):348-53. doi: 10.1007/BF01623776.
• Background Rubin K. Turner syndrome and osteoporosis: mechanisms and prognosis. Pediatrics. 1998 Aug;102(2 Pt 3):481-5.
• Background Saenger P. Clinical review 48: The current status of diagnosis and therapeutic intervention in Turner's syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1993 Aug;77(2):297-301. doi: 10.1210/jcem.77.2.8345029. No abstract available.
• O'Donnell RL, Warner P, Lee RJ, Walker J, Bath LE, Kelnar CJ, Wallace WH, Critchley HO. Physiological sex steroid replacement in premature ovarian failure: randomized crossover trial of effect on uterine volume, endometrial thickness and blood flow, compared with a standard regimen. Hum Reprod. 2012 Apr;27(4):1130-8. doi: 10.1093/humrep/des004. Epub 2012 Feb 16.

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