An interventional study of Shatavari and Shatavari + Ashwagandha extract in Sexual Health, sponsored by SF Research Institute, Inc.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-15.
Sponsored by SF Research Institute, Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This is a Multi-center, Multi-national, Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo- Controlled three arm study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Shatavari in Women Sexual Wellness. Participants will be randomized to either one of the three treatment arms.Participants will then be asked to either take one capsule containing Shatavari or Shatavari + Ashwagandha or Placebo orally once daily in the morning after breakfast with a glass of water for 8 weeks. All the subjects will be asked to continue their routine diet and physical activities during the whole study period. The primary objective is to assess the efficacy of Shatavari capsules for improvement in Women Sexual Wellness. The secondary objective is to assess the safety of Shatavari capsules in healthy women.
To qualify for the study, participants must be Women between 18 to 55 years of age. Women must be willing to have 4 or more attempts of sexual intercourse each month. Women presenting with signs and symptoms suggestive of stress (e.g., difficulty, concentrating, physical exhaustion, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, worry, sweating, mental confusion, etc.) are enrolled.
In this study, a maximum of 51 patients will be enrolled and the goal is to complete the study with at least 45 patients.
After signing this consent form, participants will answer questions regarding their medical history, including any medications they are taking. Physical exams with vital signs (pulse, temperature, sitting blood pressure and respiratory rate) will be performed at both visits by a professional trained to perform this testing. It may be a Nurse (RN or LPN), Phlebotomist, or Medical Doctor.
A blood sample will be required from subjects. Subject's right or left arm will be used as the blood draw site, requiring a 5mL sample. The blood will be analyzing Sr. Estradiol, FSH, LH, Testosterone levels. These blood draws will be administered by a professional trained to perform this testing. It may be a Nurse (RN or LPN), Phlebotomist or Medical Doctor.
All eligible participants, will be given the required quantity of the study medication for self-administration, sufficient till the Visit 3- End of study visit, 8 weeks ± 4 Days. Participants will be randomized to either one of the three treatment arms.
Participants will be instructed to take one capsule of study medication to which they are randomized after breakfast, with ambient temperature water for 8 weeks at home. Participants will be asked to visit the site for Visit 2 (4 weeks ± 4 Days), Visit 3 (8 weeks ± 4 Days). Adverse events and concomitant medication will be recorded throughout the study. Participants will be asked to get used and unused study medications and their subject diaries in this visit. All the participants will be asked to continue their routine diet and physical activities during the whole study period.
The primary end point is the mean change in scores for Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) from baseline. And the secondary end points are mean changes scores for Satisfying Sexual Events (SSEs), Female Sexual Distress Scale (FSDS), Profile of Mood States, Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Questionnaire and mean changes in Serum hormones (Sr. Estradiol, FSH, LH, Testosterone) levels from baseline.
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
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An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
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One capsule of Shatavari 300 mg (contains Shatavari extract) once a day, orally with water.
Dietary Supplement: Shatavari
One capsule of Shatavari (300mg) + Ashwagandha (250mg) (contains Shatavari + Ashwagandha root extract) once a day, orally with water.
Dietary Supplement: Shatavari + Ashwagandha extract
One capsule of Placebo 300 mg (contains starch extract) once a day, orally with water.
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Shatavari is scientifically known as Asparagus racemosus. One capsule containing Shatavari 300mg should be taken once daily.
Shatavari is scientifically known as Asparagus racemosus along with Ashwagandha root extract scientifically known as Withania somnifera. One capsule containing Shatavari 300mg + Ashwagandha root extract 250mg should be taken once daily.
Placebo (starch)
Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)
FSFI questions are coded from 0.0 to 5.0. Based on clinical considerations, the scale is considered to have six sexual domains: desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, pain. Each domain is contributing to the overarching construct of female sexual function. The maximum score for each domain is 6.0, obtained by summing item responses and multiplying by a correction factor. The total composite sexual function score is a sum of domain scores and ranges from 2.0 (not sexually active and no desire) to 36.0.
Time frame: FSFI assessment will be done at Visit 1, Screening Visit/ Enrolment Visit/ Baseline Visit, (Day 1), Visit 2 (Week 4), and Visit 3- End of study visit, (Week 8).
Satisfying Sexual Events (SSEs)
SSE included subject's inputs for number of intercourse and non-intercourse sexual events, number of orgasms, level of sexual desire, and satisfying sexual activity experienced. The subjects will be asked to mark a score for their sexual desire. They will be asked, "Indicate your most intense level of sexual desire in the last 24 hours/since your last visit." Potential responses included "no," "low," "moderate," or "strong", scored 0-3 (0 indicating no desire and 3 indicating the highest level of desire)
Time frame: SSEs assessment will be done at Visit 1, Screening Visit/ Enrolment Visit/ Baseline Visit, (Day 1), Visit 2 (Week 4), and Visit 3- End of study visit, (Week 8).
Female Sexual Distress Scale (FSDS)
The Female Sexual Distress Scale (FSDS), a 12-item patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument, was developed to measure sexually related personal distress in women. Both the original 12-item version and the 13-item FSDS-Revised (FSDS-R) version have been shown to have a high degree of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and discriminative validity to distinguish between sexual function and dysfunction among women. The FSDS-R psychometric instrument with a 7-day recall demonstrated good discriminant validity, high test-retest reliability, and a high degree of internal consistency in measuring sexually related personal distress in women
Time frame: FSDS assessments will be done at Visit 1, Screening Visit/ Enrolment Visit/ Baseline Visit, (Day 1), Visit 2 (Week 4), and Visit 3- End of study visit, (Week 8).
Profile of Mood States (POMS, abbreviated version)
The POMS is a 40-item questionnaire rated on a 5-point Likert Scale, asking respondents how they feel right now. Scores are calculated for Tension, Anger, Fatigue, Depression, Esteem- related affect, Vigor, Confusion, and Total Mood Disturbance.
Time frame: POMS assessment will be done at Visit 1, Screening Visit/ Enrolment Visit/ Baseline Visit, (Day 1), Visit 2 (Week 4), Visit 3 End of study visit, (Week 8).
Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ)
Time frame: OHQ assessment will be done at Visit 1 (Screening Visit/ Enrolment Visit/ Baseline Visit- Day 1), Visit 2 (Week 4), and Visit 3 (Week 8).
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is an effective instrument used to measure the quality and patterns of sleep-in adults. It differentiates "poor" from "good" sleep quality by measuring seven areas (components): subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medications, and daytime dysfunction over the last month.
Time frame: PSQI assessment will be done at Visit 1, Screening Visit/ Enrolment Visit/ Baseline Visit, (Day 1), Visit 2 (Week 4), and Visit 3 (Week 8)
Serum Hormones
Time frame: Time Frame: Blood samples for Serum hormones (Sr. Estradiol, FSH, LH, Testosterone) will be collected at Screening Visit/ Enrolment Visit/ Baseline Visit, (Day 1) and Visit 3- (Week 8)]
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Studies of the drug tested here: Asparagus racemosus
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