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Safety of Estrogens in Lupus Erythematosus - National Assessment (SELENA): Hormone Replacement Therapy
Led by NYU Langone Health · Updated on 2013-05-03
350
Participants Needed
16
Research Sites
N/A
Total Duration
On this page
Sponsors
N
NYU Langone Health
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Safety of Estrogens in Lupus Erythematosus - National Assessment (SELENA) is a study to test whether postmenopausal women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus) can safely use the hormone estrogen. In this part of the study, we will look at the effects of estrogen replacement therapy on the activity and severity of disease in women with SLE.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Safety of Estrogens in Lupus: Hormone Replacement Therapy
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Female
- Unequivocal diagnosis of SLE
- Inactive disease or stable on 0.5 mg/kg/day or less of prednisone
- Chemical evidence of menopause or have stopped periods for at least 6 months
You will not qualify if you...
- Blood pressure >145/95 on three occasions
- Deep vein, arterial thrombosis or pulmonary embolus
- GPL >40; MPL >40; APL >50; dRVVT >37 sec
- APL antibody syndrome ever
- Gynecologic or breast cancer
- Hepatic dysfunction or liver tumors
- Diabetes mellitus (NOT due to steroids) with vascular disease
- Congenital hyperlipidemia
- Complicated migraine
- Severe disease activity (SLEDAI >12)
- Increase in SLEDAI >2 points in 3 months
- Unexplained vaginal bleeding
- Use of estrogen (HRT or OCP) for >1 month at any time after SLE diagnosis
- FSH <40
- Premenopausal myocardial infarction
Trial Site Locations
Total: 16 locations
1
UAB Medical Center
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
Status Unknown
2
UCLA Medical Center, Dept. of Rheumatology
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90024
Status Unknown
3
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
Status Unknown
4
Louisiana School of Medicine
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71130-3932
Status Unknown
5
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
Status Unknown
6
Univ. of Michigan Med. Ctr., Rheumatology Div.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-0358
Status Unknown
7
Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York, United States, 10003
Status Unknown
8
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York, United States, 10021
Status Unknown
9
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacoby Hospital, Dept. of Rheumatology
The Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
Status Unknown
10
UNC Medical Center, Dept. of Rheumatology
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599-7280
Status Unknown
11
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
Status Unknown
12
Univ. of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
Status Unknown
13
Univ. of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Rheumatology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
Status Unknown
14
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Status Unknown
15
Medical College of Virginia, Ambulatory Care Center
Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23219
Status Unknown
16
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226
Status Unknown
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
0