Healthy Symptomatic Menopausal Women
Conditions
Keywords
Hormone, Menopause, Inflammation, Dose effects, Apoptosis
Brief summary
Primary purpose : Effects of two doses of hormone therapy on hsCRP. The effects of hormone replacement therapy on inflammatory markers are dose-dependent.
Detailed description
Pro-inflammatory study of the effects in short term of two difference doses of 17beta-estradiol at the menopause woman
Interventions
CLIMASTON(drug)
17 Beta-estradiol (2mg/day)and (1mg/day)
placebo
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Symptomatic menopausal women : \>=50 years and amenorrhea \>=1 year or \<50 years and amenorrhea \>=1 year and plasmatic FSH \>= 30 UI/l * Normal mammography in the last 2 years before inclusion * Normal cervical smear in the last 2 years before inclusion * Written consent for participation in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Unconfirmed Menopause with amenorrhoea of less than year * Oestrogen-progesterone Treatment anterior in 3 months previous the inclusion * Recently a viral Infection or bacteriologic(at least of 2 weeks) * Dental Infection * Inflammatory Pathology chronicles * Antecedent of pathology cancerous with or no a sly hemopathy * Addiction to smoking of more than 20 cigarettes a day or an alcoholic consumption furthermore of 4 glasses a day * Taken concomitant of one of the treatments forbidden:statine, vitamin B6 or B12, folates, antiinflammatory, anti aggregant Plaquettes, DHEA, phytoestrogens * Refusal to sign the assent informed * Not membership in a regime about social security
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hs-C-reactive protein | 2 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Interleukin (IL-6, IL-18, IL-10), TNF-alpha, apoptotic microparticles, homocysteine, total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol, Lp(a), interleukin 6, ICAM soluble, | 2 months |
| Eslectin, prothrombin F1+2, factor VIII, resistance to activated protein C (RPCA or ACV test),IL 18, IL10, IL8 | 2 months |
Countries
France