Status:

COMPLETED

The Cardiac Benefit of Testosterone Replacement in Men With Low Testosterone Levels With Coronary Artery Disease After Successful Intervention of the Blockage or Narrowed Heart Artery

Lead Sponsor:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Collaborating Sponsors:

Abbott

Conditions:

Coronary Artery Disease

Eligibility:

MALE

40-75 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to find out if giving the study drug, Androgel (testosterone) as a testosterone replacement help bring the testosterone to an acceptable level and to find out if it will he...

Detailed Description

Males with coronary heart disease have lower serum levels of bioavailable testosterone than men of a similar age with normal coronary angiograms (English, European Heart Journal, 2000). Low plasma tes...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult male patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) (one to three vessel diseased).
  • Stable cardiac status at least 3 months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
  • No change in cardiac medications for 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Testosterone \< 300 ng/dl or free testosterone \< 5.0 ng/dl or bioavailable testosterone \< 150 ng/dl.
  • Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) \< 7nmol/liter and Free Testosterone \< 50pg/dl
  • Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) \< 2.5 ng/mL or 2.6-3.7ng/mL with a negative prostate biopsy within the last 6 months and pathology report available for investigator's review.
  • Subgroup of diabetics with well to moderately controlled diabetes (defined by a HgbA1c of \< 9mg/dL.

Exclusion

  • Hematocrit greater than 50%.
  • Severe hypertension (exhibit systolic blood pressure \>180mmHg and diastolic blood pressure \>110 mmHg at baseline visit or a have a history of malignant hypertension.
  • Significant cardiac arrhythmia (supraventricular tachycardia \[SVT\] or ventricular tachycardia with heart rate exceeding 110 beats per minute at Visit 1).
  • ECG abnormalities precluding ST segment analysis on treadmill, or inability to walk on treadmill.
  • Poorly controlled, symptomatic, active medical problems (HIV, hepatitis, cancer, benign prostatic hypertrophy, alcohol or drug abuse, major depressive disorder).
  • Neurological or psychiatric disorder that would compromise the patient's ability to give informed consent or adhere to the requirements of the protocol.
  • History of prostate cancer
  • History of hypersensitivity to transdermal testosterone gel.
  • International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) \>19 at Visit 1.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

51 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00413244

Start Date

January 1 2007

End Date

November 1 2014

Last Update

January 5 2017

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, United States, 10029