A randomized placebo-controlled study of the effect of transdermal vs. oral estradiol with or without gestodene on homocysteine levels.
Publication year
2003Source
Fertility and Sterility, 79, 2, (2003), pp. 261-7ISSN
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Article / Letter to editor
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Gynaecology
Journal title
Fertility and Sterility
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vol. 79
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iss. 2
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p. 261
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p. 7
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EBP 2: Effective Hospital Care; UMCN 5.2: Endocrinology and reproductionAbstract
OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of transdermal vs. oral administration of E2 on plasma homocysteine levels and to evaluate the impact of adding a progestogen to these regimens. DESIGN: Prospective, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled study. SETTING: Outpatient clinics in two university hospitals and two teaching hospitals in The Netherlands. PATIENT(S): One hundred fifty-two healthy hysterectomized postmenopausal women. INTERVENTION(S): Thirteen 28-day treatment cycles with placebo (n = 49); transdermal 17beta-E2, 50 microg (n = 33), oral E2, 1 mg (n = 37), or oral E2, 1 mg, plus gestodene, 25 microg (n = 33), followed by four cycles of placebo in each group. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Fasting plasma total homocysteine concentrations at baseline and cycle 4, 13, and 17. RESULT(S): Mean (+/-SD) homocysteine concentrations in the oral E2 group decreased from baseline to cycle 4 (9.0 +/- 2.5 micromol/L vs. 8.2 +/- 2.0 micromol/L; mean change, -7.6%). Homocystine values in the oral E2 plus gestodene group did not change substantially from baseline to cycle 4 (8.9 +/- 1.6 micromol/L vs. 8.6 +/- 2.0 micromol/L; mean change, -4.4%). No significant changes were observed in the transdermal E2 group. After four washout cycles, the homocysteine concentration had returned to baseline values in all groups. CONCLUSION(S): Oral E2 therapy reduced the homocysteine concentration more than did therapy with transdermal E2 or oral E2 plus gestodene. This finding may indicate a role of liver metabolism and suggests that gestodene has a negative effect on these changes.
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