Healthy
Conditions
Keywords
Healthy women
Brief summary
75 heterosexual women are asked to use 3 different types of contraception (Nuvaring, low-dose combination pill, minipill), each during 3 months. On a monthly basis, questionnaires are filled out about sexual desire and psychosocial, relational en sexual parameters. Also the sexual desire of the partner is questioned. On a three-monthly basis, blood samples are drawn to determine changes in hormonal parameters (one sample per product period). 75 lesbian women are doing the same trial, but during an extra 3 months period, they are asked to have their natural menstrual cyclus as a control condition. Blood samples during these extra months will be drawn at the third or fourth day after start of the menses.
Interventions
Sponsors
Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium
University Hospital, Ghent
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Heterosexual or lesbian women * Aged between 18 and 45 years * Stable monogameous relationship * Normal menstrual cyclus
Exclusion criteria
* Polycystic ovarial syndrome * Normal
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parameters about sexual desire and psychosocial, relational en sexual parameters. | — |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed