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Research Study

Stress Hormones, Mood and Women's Sexual Desire (MODEST)

Principal Investigator
Rosemary Basson

Overview

Body Locations and Systems
Sexual Problems in Women
ClinicalTrials.gov#
NCT01702818
Status
Closed for Recruitment
Start/End Dates
Jan 10, 2014
Locations
UBC Hospital
Name/Title
Chanel Wood, Research Assistant
Phone
604-827-1311
Email Address
chanel.wood@vch.ca
Purpose of Study

Women with Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) have all measures of testosterone activity comparable to controls but lower levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Although DHEA is a precursor of testosterone it has other actions including involvement in the stress system. It is also linked to mood. This study focuses on measures of childhood stress, current mood and salivary and nail stress hormones, in women with and without HSDD. We hypothesize that low levels of DHEA reflect dysfunction of the neuroendocrine stress response system involving the brain, pituitary and adrenal glands where DHEA is produced.

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