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NCT03047330

Menopausal Sleep Fragmentation and Body Fat Gain

Completed Phase 4 Results posted Last updated 8 October 2024
What this trial tests

Phase 4 trial testing Estradiol withdrawal in Menopause in 41 participants. Completed in 1 August 2022.

Timeline
15 July 2017
Primary endpoint
1 August 2022
1 August 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsorBrigham and Women's Hospital
PhasePhase 4
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationna
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposebasic science
Enrollment41
Start date15 July 2017
Primary completion1 August 2022
Estimated completion1 August 2022
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Who can join

Adults 18 to 45, female only, with Menopause. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Normalized Serum Leptin Levels Primary · pre/post sleep fragmentation (3 days); pre/post estradiol withdrawal (~5 weeks)

12-hr overnight fasted AM (morning) blood samples were assayed for leptin levels on study days 2-6 under both estrogenized and estradiol-withdrawal conditions \[total: 10 samples\]. For each individual, leptin values were normalized relative to the mean baseline leptin value. Baseline was defined as the unfragmented estrogenized condition (avg. of study days 2-3 in the estrogenized condition).

GroupValue95% CI
Sleep Fragmentation - Active96.7± 2.5
Sleep Fragmentation - Control94.0± 1.5
Estradiol Withdrawal - Active90.0± 3.0
Estradiol Withdrawal - Control101.0± 1.1
Normalized Satiety Scores Secondary · pre/post sleep fragmentation (3 days); pre/post estradiol withdrawal (~5 weeks)

12-hr overnight fasted AM satiety scores were collected on study days 2-6 under both estrogenized and estradiol-withdrawal conditions \[total: 10 scores\]. For each individual, satiety scores were normalized relative to the mean baseline satiety score. Baseline was defined as the unfragmented estrogenized condition (avg. of study days 2-3 in the estrogenized condition).

GroupValue95% CI
Sleep Fragmentation - Active99.2± 11.9
Sleep Fragmentation - Control113.1± 11.0
Estradiol Withdrawal - Active102.6± 15.6
Estradiol Withdrawal - Control109.3± 7.8

Adverse events — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Time frame: 4 months. Reporting threshold: 5%. Adverse-event reports describe events observed during the trial — not all are caused by the drug.

All Participants
Serious: 0/41 (0%)
Deaths: 0/41
Other adverse events (12 terms — click to expand)

ReactionSystemAll Participants
Vasomotor symptomsReproductive system and breast disorders
Skin discomfort/irritationSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
HeadacheNervous system disorders
IV discomfort/irritationInjury, poisoning and procedural complications
Gastrointestional disturbanceGastrointestinal disorders
Musculoskeletal discomfortMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Nausea/vomitingGastrointestinal disorders
MenstrualReproductive system and breast disorders
DizzinessNervous system disorders
FatigueGeneral disorders
Respiratory infectionRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
AmenorrheaReproductive system and breast disorders

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03047330 adverse events section.

Sponsor's own description

This study aims to investigate the impact of menopause-related sleep fragmentation on metabolic biomarkers of body fat gain. The investigators hypothesize that experimental sleep fragmentation will result in an adverse leptin response as a metabolic biomarker for body fat gain.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. The effect of experimentally induced sleep fragmentation and estradiol suppression on neurobehavioral performance and subjective sleepiness in premenopausal women.
    Grant LK, Gonsalvez I, Cohn AY, Nathan MD, et al · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 38874415 · DOI 10.1093/sleep/zsae130
  2. Adverse Cardiometabolic Impacts of Sleep Fragmentation and Estradiol Suppression: An Experimental Model of Menopause.
    Rahman SA, Grant LK, Cohn AY, Harder JA, et al · · 2026 · cited 1× · PMID 41206010 · DOI 10.1210/clinem/dgaf592
  3. ACNP 63rd Annual Meeting: Panels, Mini-Panels and Study Groups.
    · 2024 · cited 1× · PMID 39643632 · DOI 10.1038/s41386-024-02010-1

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