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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01616732




Registration number
NCT01616732
Ethics application status
Date submitted
8/06/2012
Date registered
12/06/2012
Date last updated
6/06/2016

Titles & IDs
Public title
Testosterone and Weight Loss
Scientific title
Effect of Testosterone and Diet on Weight
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
04495
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Obesity in Men 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Testosterone
Treatment: Drugs - placebo

Active comparator: testosterone - against placebo

Placebo comparator: placebo -


Treatment: Drugs: Testosterone
TU im

Treatment: Drugs: placebo
placebo im
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
weight
Timepoint [1] 0 0
12 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* BMI >30
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
80 Years
Sex
Males
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* contraindications to testosterone therapy

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s

The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/04/2013
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/12/2015
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
100
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Austin Health - Heidelberg
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
3084 - Heidelberg

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Government body
Name
Austin Health
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The investigators hypothesise that testosterone therapy will synergize with dietary intervention to achieve weight loss. Obese men will receive diet, and be randomised to either testosterone therapy or placebo. Primary outcomes will be weight and body composition.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01616732
Trial related presentations / publications
Grossmann M, Fui MNT, Nie T, Hoermann R, Clarke MV, Cheung AS, Zajac JD, Davey RA. Changes in white adipose tissue gene expression in a randomized control trial of dieting obese men with lowered serum testosterone alone or in combination with testosterone treatment. Endocrine. 2021 Aug;73(2):463-471. doi: 10.1007/s12020-021-02722-0. Epub 2021 Apr 17.
Ng Tang Fui M, Prendergast LA, Dupuis P, Raval M, Strauss BJ, Zajac JD, Grossmann M. Effects of testosterone treatment on body fat and lean mass in obese men on a hypocaloric diet: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Med. 2016 Oct 7;14(1):153. doi: 10.1186/s12916-016-0700-9.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01616732