Taste Function and Eating Habits in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Treatments: Drug: Contraceptive

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04238078

17697

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates taste function and eating habits in patients with PCOS compared to healthy women and before and after oral contraceptive use.

Full description

The objective of this study is to investigate the taste function and eating habits in patients with PCOS in comparison with healthy women at baseline and after routine use of an oral contraceptive (2mg ethinylestradiol and 0.03mg dienogest) along with general lifestyle advice for three months.

Patients with diagnosis of PCOS (Rotterdam criteria) will be recruited from Hacettepe University outpatient clinics. Along with clinical, hormonal and biochemical evaluation, taste function and eating habit tests will be performed at baseline both in patients and healthy volunteers. These tests will be repeated in women with PCOS after 3 months of oral contraceptive use.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women diagnosed with PCOS (Rotterdam criteria) who will receive oral contraceptive pill for long-term management

Exclusion criteria

• Any systemic illness
• Any other medication use
• Age<18 or >35 years
• Pregnant or nursing
• Untreated hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism
• Known rhinoplasty or nasal surgery
• Known defect in smell or taste function
• Being active smoker.

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

Polycystic ovary syndrome

Description:

Women with PCOS diagnosed according to Rotterdam criteria

Treatment:

Drug: Contraceptive

Healthy control

Description:

Healthy women without any feature of ovulatory dysfunction or androgen excess