Is placebo as effective as estrogen regimens on vasomotor symptoms in women with surgical menopause?
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology, cilt.37, sa.2, ss.135-137, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Dergi Adı: Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.135-137
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Greene climacteric scale, Hormone therapy, Placebo, Surgical menopause
- Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: To evaluate the short-term effects of two hormone therapy (HT) regimens and placebo on the Greene Climacteric Scale (GCS) of women with surgical menopause following six months of treatment. Methods: This 6-month, prospective, randomized, parallel-group, masked evaluator study compared the efficacy of once daily administration of 0.625 mg conjugated equine estrogen (group I), 3.9 mg transdermal 17β-estradiol patch applied every week (group II) and placebo (group III). Mean GCS before and after six months of treatment in each group was compared. Results: In groups I and II, vasomotor symptoms (p < 0.005, p < 0.05), somatic symptoms (p < 0.05, p < 0.05) and total score (p < 0.005, p < 0.01) significantly reduced from baseline values respectively, while the other subscores revealed no statistically important differences following six months of HT. In group III, vasomotor (p < 0.05), subscore and total score (p < 0.05) decreased significantly while other subscore reductions were not significant. Conclusions: Estrogen regimens and placebo seem to be effective in alleviating vasomotor symptoms. Additional larger prospective randomized studies need to be conducted in an aim to look at not only short-term but also long-term effects on climacteric symptoms, in comparison to both placebo arms and different dose and mode of HT use.