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Status unknownNCT05118685Updated May 1, 2023

Estrogen and Platelet Rich Plasma in Treatment of Atrophic Vaginitis

A Phase 1 interventional study of Conjugated Estrogens vaginal cream 0,625mg and platelet rich plasma in Atrophic Vaginitis and Postmenopausal Atrophic Vaginitis, sponsored by Fayoum University. Status unknown at 2 sites in Egypt. Open to female participants aged 50 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-05-01.

Sponsored by Fayoum University · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
50 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

This study is designed to compare the efficacy, acceptability, and safety of vaginal estrogen cream and platelet-rich plasma in pt. complaining of atrophic vaginitis.

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Oestrogen deficiency affects many organs such as the genitourinary system. Genitourinary involvement causes untoward symptoms of atrophic vaginitis including dryness, burning, dyspareunia, vulvar pruritus, and discharge For this reason, many investigations have been performed to find out effective, safe, and acceptable therapeutic methods for atrophic vaginitis. Although systemic administration of estrogen can improve the localized symptoms of atrophic vaginitis, women are often reluctant to use systemic hormone replacement therapy and prefer local administration of estrogen. Vaginal application of estrogen has been considered an effective treatment of atrophic vaginitis.

The effects of PRP treatment have been evaluated in many clinical conditions, including wound healing, hair repair, skin regeneration [9], vulvar lichen sclerosis, stress urinary incontinence, episiotomy scars, and lubrication aging in the vagina. It can take at least 12 weeks to determine the final effects of treatment with PRP Population of Study It includes 100 pt. complaining of atrophic vaginitis it will be divided into two groups, each group will contain 50 pt

Methodology in detail:

Patients of the first group will receive vaginal estrogen cream one tube every night for 14 nights; then, one tube 2 nights in 1 week (two tubes every week) for 10 weeks.

The second group will receive PRP injection every 3 weeks for 4 times. PRP will be administered to the anterior vaginal wall using 27-G needles once every 3 weeks for 4 times and PRP is mainly injected into the clitoris or the anterior wall of the vagina to increase the tactile sensitivity of the injection site.

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Conditions studied

  • Atrophic Vaginitis
  • Postmenopausal Atrophic Vaginitis

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Keywords

  • atrophic vaginitis
  • Platelet rich plasma
  • postmenopausal symptoms
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In context

Atrophic Vaginitis

45 studies on the registry are indexed under Atrophic Vaginitis; 7 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 69 across 40 interventional studies indexed under Atrophic Vaginitis.

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Lead sponsor

Fayoum University is the lead sponsor of 148 studies on the registry; 44 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
50 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • women aged 50-70 years old
  • with a clinical diagnosis of vaginal atrophy who will not need systemic estrogen therapy for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms or prophylaxis of osteoporosis
  • Any parity.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women with any history of carcinoma of the breast or endometrium,
  • abnormal genital bleeding, acute thrombophlebitis, or thromboembolic disorders associated with previous estrogen use,
  • or current urinary.
  • In addition, women who underwent hormone replacement therapy, treated with systemic or vaginal estrogen within 6 months prior to the study,
  • or had any for estrogen therapy will be excluded from the study.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    the first group estrogen group

    they will receive estrogen conjugate vaginal cream one tube every night for 14 nights; then, one tube 2 nights in 1 week (two tubes every week) for 10 weeks.

    Drug: Conjugated Estrogens vaginal cream 0,625mg

  • Experimental
    the second group PRP group

    they will receive a Platelet-rich plasma injection every 3 weeks for 4 times. PRP will be administered to the anterior vaginal wall using 27-G needles o and it is mainly injected into the anterior wall of the vagina to increase the tactile sensitivity of the injection site.

    Combination Product: platelet rich plasma

Interventions

  • the particepant will receive vaginal estrogen cream one tube every night for 14 nights; then, one tube for 2 nights in 1 week (two tubes every week) for 10 weeks.

    Also known as: Premarin cream

  • Combination productplatelet rich plasma

    First, a topical anesthetic cream will be applied to the vaginal wall. Delaying the PRP injection for 20 minutes after anesthetics application achieved complete or near-complete analgesia for the procedure. Peripheral blood will be drawn from the arm and centrifuged to yield 5 cc of PRP. then PRP will be administered to the anterior vaginal wall using 27-G needles once every 3 weeks for 4 times and PRP is mainly injected into the anterior wall of the vagina to increase the tactile sensitivity of the injection site.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. improvement in Vaginal Health Index (VHI).

    Vaginal Health Index (VHI) will be assessed at weeks 0, 4, 8 and 12. VHI analyzes the following five components on a scale of 1 to 5: elasticity, fluid volume, pH, epithelial integrity, and moisture.A minimal total score of 5 points indicates severe VVA, and a maximal total score of 25 points indicates no clinical signs of VVA

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  2. improvement in Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA) symptoms using the Visual analog scale (VAS).

    Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA) will be assessed at weeks 0, 4, 8 and 12. Participants will report intensity of VVA symptoms using a 10-cm VAS. The scale's left extremity indicates the complete absence of symptoms (0) and the right extremity indicates the worst possible symptom (10). Participants rated VVA symptoms (dyspareunia, dryness, or burning) from 0 to 10.

    Time frame: 12 week

  3. Assessment of quality of sexual function using the validated Portuguese version of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)

    The FSFI will be assessed at weeks 0,4 ,8 and 12 BY FSFI questionnaire addresses six different domains (desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain/ discomfort) ranging from 0 (no sexual activity in the past 4 wk) or 1 (very dissatisfied) to 5 (very satisfied). Full scale scores ranging from 2.0 (severe dysfunction) to 36.0 (absence of dysfunction) will be used to evaluate sexual function throughout the study, with increased FSFI scores correlating to an improvement of symptoms. An optimal cut score of 26, reported by Wiegel etal, is currently used to differentiate between women with and without sexual dysfunction.

    Time frame: 12 week

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assessment of tolerability and safety of Platelet rich plasma (PRP).

    it is measured by the rate of "dropouts", or patients that forfeit participation in a study due to adverse effects (pain during application of the medication, vaginal infection, haematoma formation at site of injection, vaginal spotting, vaginal leakage of the medication and need to use sanitary towels to clean leakage

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  2. Assessment of tolerability and safety of estrogen vaginal cream

    it is measured by the rate of "dropouts", or patients that forfeit participation in a study due to adverse effects (pain during application of the medication .vaginal spotting, vaginal leakage of the medication and need to use sanitary towels to clean leakage

    Time frame: 12 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Fayoum university faculity of medicine
    Fayoum, Fayoum University Zone 63514, Egypt
    Recruiting
  • Fayoum university
    Fayoum, 63514, Egypt
    Not yet recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Nov 2021 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Aug 2023, 21 months after the start.

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Registered
Sep 29, 2021
First posted
Nov 12, 2021
StartActual
Nov 13, 2021
Primary completionEst.
Aug 2023
CompletionEst.
Sep 2023
Last update
May 1, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
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Primary completion.
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Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 1, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05118685
Lead sponsor
Fayoum University
Responsible party
rehab abdelhamid aboshama (lecturer of obstetrics and gynecology, Fayoum University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 12, 2021
Start date
Nov 13, 2021
Primary completion
Aug 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2023 (estimated)
Last update
May 1, 2023

Study contacts

rehab A aboshama, lecturer
Contact
ras07@fayoum.edu.eg
01156608221 ext. +2
rehab A aboshama, lectuer
principal investigator · Fayoum University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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