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Brain Activity During Sexual Behavior in Patients With Primary Premature Ejaculation a Clinical Trial
Led by Xijing Hospital · Updated on 2025-04-17
20
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
38 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is a controlled study of patients with and without primary premature ejaculation. It is based on near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) functional brain imaging to detect and compare changes in brain activity in resting and task states (Simulated Sex) between the two groups of patients.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Brain Activity During Sexual Behavior in Patients With Primary Premature Ejaculation a Clinical Trial
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Men aged 18 to 45 years
- Meet the 2014 International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) criteria for primary premature ejaculation (PPE)
- Have a stable, heterosexual relationship with a single sexually active female partner for at least 6 months
- Have at least two sexual intercourses per week and maintain this during the study
- Have premature ejaculation lasting longer than 6 months
- Score higher than 9 on the Chinese version of Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT)
- Have no history of previous therapies for premature ejaculation or stopped such therapies at least 3 months prior
- Provide signed informed consent
- For non-PPE group: men aged 18-45 years matched by age within 3 years to PPE group
- Do not meet the 2014 ISSM criteria for premature ejaculation
- Stable, heterosexual relationship with a single sexually active female partner for at least 6 months
- Provide signed informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Diagnosed with secondary, variable, or subjective premature ejaculation
- Using medications for endocrinological, metabolic, chronic systemic, or psychiatric diseases
- Abusing alcohol or illegal drugs
- Diagnosed with erectile dysfunction (score less than 21 on IIEF-5)
- Diagnosed with sexual hormone abnormalities, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, Peyronie's disease, prostatitis, urethritis, or urinary tract infection
- Head injuries preventing completion of near-infrared brain function imaging
- Severe schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, or other neurological symptoms
- Poor compliance with study procedures
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Air Force Military Medical University
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 70032
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Air Force Military Medical University
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 70032
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Research Team
W
Weijun Qin, M.D
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
2
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