Status:

UNKNOWN

Influence of Nebivolol on Postmenopausal Women

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of Vienna

Conditions:

Hot Flashes

Heart Rate

Eligibility:

FEMALE

Brief Summary

After menopause the coronary artery disease (CAD) risk increases rapidly to an equivalent risk of men with the same age. The rising incidence of CAD could be a subsequent decline of endogenous estroge...

Detailed Description

1. Background CAD is the leading cause of mortality for women in US as well as in Austria and most developed countries. Major risk factors are hypertension, diabetes and the postmenopausal sta...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Menopausal patients (estrogen \<20 pg/ml and FSH \>35 mIU/ml)
  • The patients are sexually active
  • The patients have hot flushes
  • The patients have palpitations or extrasystoles

Exclusion

  • Contraindications for a beta-blocker therapy such as:
  • Patients with COPD
  • Patients with an AV-block
  • Patients with a bradycardia (meaning a heart rate \<50 beats per minute)
  • Patients with hypotension (RR \<100/80 mmHg)
  • Patients with a PAD (stage III, IV)
  • Patients with Asthma
  • Patients with Morbus Raynaud
  • Patients with a carcinoma
  • Patients, who have already been treated because of hypertension
  • Patients, who receive hormone replacement therapy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01161823

Start Date

January 1 2010

Last Update

January 12 2016

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Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 1090