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A Study to Evaluate Self-esteem and Relationships in Males With Erectile Dysfuntion

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Status and phase

Completed
Phase 4

Conditions

Erectile Dysfunction

Treatments

Drug: sildenafil
Drug: placebo

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00648596
A1481161

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the improvement in the self-esteem domain score of the Self-Esteem/Overall Relationship (SEAR) questionnaire and the improvement in erectile function (obtained from the Erectile Function [EF] domain of the International Index of Erectile Function [IIEF]). Furthermore, to determine if the improvement obtained in self-esteem was related to the main erectile dysfunction (ED) co-morbidities type and/or number.

Enrollment

780 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-Men with a documented clinical diagnosis of ED confirmed by a Sexual Health Inventory-Male (SHI-M) score of 21 or less and who have a sexual partner for the duration of the study were included.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects who have previously taken, or it is suspected they have taken, more than 4 doses of sildenafil citrate, or any other phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor, or apomorphine, at any time prior to the screening visit or patients who have taken any dose of these compounds in the last two months
  • Subjects with resting sitting hypotension (BP < 90/50mmHg) or hypertension (BP > 170/110mmHg)
  • Subjects with significant cardiovascular disease, including cardiac failure, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA), symptomatic or clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias in the last 3 months
  • Patients on nitrates.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

780 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Arm 2
Placebo Comparator group
Treatment:
Drug: placebo
Arm 1
Active Comparator group
Treatment:
Drug: sildenafil

Trial contacts and locations

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