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COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CENTCHROMAN AND NORETHISTERONE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEAVY MENSTRUAL BLEEDING

A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED INTERVENTIONAL STUDY COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CENTCHROMAN AND NORETHISTERONE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEAVY MENSTRUAL BLEEDING - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/07/069801
Enrollment
90
Registered
2024-07-02
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-07-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: N925- Other specified irregular menstruation

Interventions

Intervention1: Tablet CENTCHROMAN: Tab Centchroman to be started as 60 mg twice weekly for the first 3 months followed by 60 mg once weekly for the next 3 months, follow up visits done at 2 months, 4

Sponsors

ANGANA DAS
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Women with heavy menstrual bleeding with or without associated dysmenorrhea or chronic pelvic pain 2.All women with histologically proven endometrial hyperplasia without atypia or any other benign endometrial pathology 3.Fibroid uterus less than 12 weeks in size not distorting the endometrial cavity 4.Adenomyosis 5.All women with medical or surgical high risk factors making the subjects unsuitable for surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Active genital infection 2.Suspicion of pregnancy or malignancy 3.Submucosal fibroid distorting the endometrial cavity 4.Uterine fibroids more than 5 centimeters in size 5.Atypical endometrial hyperplasia or malignancy 6.Abnormal cervical cytology and malignancy 7.Haematological disease or abnormal coagulopathy 8.History of arterial or venous thromboembolic disorders 9.Women who want to conceive 10.Women who are not willing to give consent for the study 11.Patients with polycystic ovarian disease or history of jaundice or hepatic impairment or severe allergy or tuberculosis or renal impairment or undiagnosed vaginal bleeding or breast cancer

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the efficacy in terms of reduction of menstrual blood loss by PBAC(pictorial blood loss assessment) score calculation before and after treatment with Centchroman and Norethisterone. Timepoint: PBAC score calculation before starting the treatment, at 2 monthly visit, at 4 monthly visit, at 6 monthly visit.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To check the mean Hemoglobin levels of the patients before and after treatment with Centchroman and NorethisteroneTimepoint: Hemoglobin level estimation before starting the treatment, at 2 monthly visit, at 4 monthly visit, at 6 monthly visit.;To compare the effect of Centchroman and Norethisterone on the metabolic parameters of the patient (Blood glucose levels, Liver function tests, Serum lipid profile)Timepoint: Fasting blood glucose, post-prandial blood glucose, lipid profile, liver function test and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) level estimation before starting the treatment, at 2 monthly visit , at 4 monthly visit, at 6 monthly visit;To compare the endometrial thickness on Ultrasonography before and after treatment with Centchroman and NorethisteroneTimepoint: Endometrial thickness (ET) measurement on USG before starting the treatment, at 2 monthly visit, at 4 monthly visit, at 6 monthly visit.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDR MANISHA BAJAJ

ESI PGIMSR ESICMCH JOKA KOLKATA

dr.manisha.bajaj@gmail.com8902266280

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026