Effects of Hormonal Infertility Treatment on Cognition in Pre-Menopausal Women

Completed

Conditions studied: Infertility

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of marked alterations in ovarian steroid hormones on cognitive functions in women. Sex hormones and stress hormones of women awaiting or undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) will be compared with levels of women adopting children and women on oral contraceptives.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00113867

Run by

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

People needed

80

Starts

2003-09-01

Expected to finish

2006-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-12-11

Who can join

Age: 25 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women 25 years and older, who are still ovulating
• Residing in Maryland or the Washington DC metropolitan area
• Healthy women in one of the following groups:
• 1) beginning or currently undergoing IVF infertility treatments with GnRH-a alone,
• 2) beginning or currently undergoing IVF infertility treatments with GnrH-a plus sex steroid stimulating hormones,
• 3) going through the adoption process, or
• 4) taking monophasic oral contraceptives for at least six months

You may not qualify if…

• English not the primary language
• Women who are peri- or post-menopausal
• Women who are currently taking anti-depressants or have a history of head injury or neurological/psychiatric condition
• Groups 1 \& 2 (IVF) - women who are undergoing Inter-uterine insemination as an infertility treatment
• Group 3 (ADPT) - women who underwent hormonal infertility treatments within the previous 6 months
• Group 4 (OC) - women on progesterone only (mini-pill) oral contraceptives

Where it is running

• National Institute on Aging (NIA), Harbor Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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