Physiologic Effects of PRMS & Testosterone in the Debilitated Elderly

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Muscle Weakness, Muscular Atrophy

In brief

This study's primary objective is to determine the independent and combined effects of progressive resistance muscle strength training and testosterone on the development of sustainable improvements in physical function.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00018356

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

88

Starts

1999-01-01

Expected to finish

2006-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-06-23

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The study will be limited to those patients who are metabolically stable and free of metastatic cancer and limiting end organ disease. Their total serum testosterone must be less than 480 and PSA less than 10.

Where it is running

• Central Arkansas VHS Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Ctr, Little Rock — No. Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.