Effects of Spinal Cord Injury on Female Sexual Response - Tabular View

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

September 1, 2005

Last Updated Date

October 13, 2006

Start Date ^ICMJE

August 2003

Primary Completion Date

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Our central hypothesis are:
1) In females the SNS regulates psychogenic genital vasocongestion 2) In females the orgasmic reflex requires the presence of an intact sacral spinal cord, 3) In females a pattern generator is responsible for the orgasmic reflex.

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Change History

Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00142714 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site

Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

Effects of Spinal Cord Injury on Female Sexual Response

Official Title ^ICMJE

Effects of SCI on Female Sexual Response

Brief Summary

The long term aims of this project are to 1) Understand the effect of varying degrees and levels of SCI and dysfunction(SCI/D)on females sexual response: 2) Identify the specific neuronal pathways involved in female sexual responses; and 3) Develop and evaluate new assessment and treatment methods for neurogenic sexual dysfunction in women.

Detailed Description

Study Phase

Study Type ^ICMJE

Interventional

Study Design ^ICMJE

Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Historical Control, Single Group Assignment

Condition ^ICMJE

Female Sexual Dysfunction
Multiple Sclerosis
Spinal Cord Injury

Intervention ^ICMJE

Procedure: Sympathetic manipulation on sexual arousal in women

Study Arms / Comparison Groups

Publications *

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Recruiting

Enrollment ^ICMJE

Completion Date

June 2005

Primary Completion Date

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

MS or SCI
Normal menstrual periods
Normal hand function
Have ability to feel sensation from lower abdomen to upper thigh region.

Exclusion Criteria:

Pregnant
Menopausal

Gender

Female

Ages

18 Years to 55 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact: Paula Spath

1-866-706-5544

pspath@uab.edu

Location Countries ^ICMJE

United States

Administrative Information

NCT ID ^ICMJE

NCT00142714

Responsible Party

Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

5R01HD030149-09

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Investigators ^ICMJE

Principal Investigator:

Marca Sipski, MD

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Information Provided By

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Verification Date

October 2006

^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP