Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Code:

NCT00142714

Conditions

Female Sexual Dysfunction

Multiple Sclerosis

Spinal Cord Injury

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Sympathetic manipulation on sexual arousal in women

Study Details

Brief summary:

The long term aims of this project are to 1) Understand the effect of varying degrees and levels of SCI and dysfunction(SCI/D)on females sexual response: 2) Identify the specific neuronal pathways involved in female sexual responses; and 3) Develop and evaluate new assessment and treatment methods for neurogenic sexual dysfunction in women.

Conditions

Female Sexual Dysfunction

Multiple Sclerosis

Spinal Cord Injury

Study ID

NCT00142714

Start date

Aug, 2003

Status verified date

Oct, 2006

Completion date

Jun, 2005

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • MS or SCI
  • Normal menstrual periods
  • Normal hand function
  • Have ability to feel sensation from lower abdomen to upper thigh region.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant
  • Menopausal

Study Design

Enrollment

70 participants

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Educational/Counseling/Training

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

Sympathetic manipulation on sexual arousal in women

Primary outcome measure

  • Our central hypothesis are: [ Time Frame: undefined ]
  • 1) In females the SNS regulates psychogenic genital vasocongestion 2) In females the orgasmic reflex requires the presence of an intact sacral spinal cord, 3) In females a pattern generator is responsible for the orgasmic reflex. [ Time Frame: undefined ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Paula Spath

1-866-706-5544pspath@uab.edu

Locations

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Recruiting

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233

Contacts

Paula Spath

205-934-2088pspath@uab.edu

Principal Investigator:

Marca Sipski, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Last update posted

Oct 16, 2006

Last verified

Oct, 2006

Keywords

  • sexual response
  • sexual dysfunction in females
  • spinal cord injury

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) on 2006-10-16.