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NCT06773429

Estradiol and Brain Age

Completed Last updated 30 January 2025
What this trial tests

trial testing E2 Valerate in Estradiol (E2) Vs. Placebo (PLAC) in 32 participants. Completed in 31 July 2019.

Timeline
1 August 2018
Primary endpoint
31 July 2019
31 July 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsorInternational Research Training Group 2804
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment32
Start date1 August 2018
Primary completion31 July 2019
Estimated completion31 July 2019
Sites1 location across Germany

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

International Research Training Group 2804 — full company profile →

Who can join

Adults 19 to 32, female only, with Estradiol (E2) Vs. Placebo (PLAC) or Estradiol. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The ovarian hormone estradiol (E2) is suspected to have a neuroprotective effect on the brain. Further, it is associated with mental health and brain plasticity, function and connectivity. During the menstrual cycle, women experience fluctuation of E2. This is closely associate with neuroplasticity in regions with high estradiol receptor density, such as the hippocampus, anterior cingulate cortex, amygdala, hypothalamus, or the striatum. In the current study we are interested on the effects of E2 on the brain age, indicated by the comparison between the chronological age and the predicted brain age. In a double-blind within-subject study design, naturally cycling females during their follicular menstrual cycle phase (when their endogenous ovarian hormone levels are low) were either administered estradiol valerate (E2) or a placebo (PLAC) to rapidly increase E2 levels independent of other cycling ovarian hormones. Structural brain scans were assessed.

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