Unblinded study of flibanserin for 8 weeks with responders randomized 1:1 to receive study medication alone vs. study medication and sex therapy for 12 additional weeks.
This is an unblinded study to be conducted at a single research center, San Diego Sexual Medicine. Subjects meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria will receive flibanserin for an 8-week run-in period to differentiate between responders and non-responders. Responders will be determined by a score of 1-3 on the Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) at 8 weeks from baseline, and will be randomized 1:1 to receive study medication alone vs. study medication and sex therapy for an additional 12 weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
23
60 minutes each time, in person or on the telephone
FDA approved medication for treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women
San Diego Sexual Medicine
San Diego, California, United States
Desire domain of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether efficacy of flibanserin as determined by changes in the desire domain of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) in women who respond to the study medication is greater when sex therapy is performed concomitant with the use of the medication.
Time frame: at weeks 8 and 20
Female Sexual Distress Scale (FSDS-DAO)
One secondary endpoint is to determine whether efficacy of flibanserin as determined by changes from baseline in the Female Sexual Distress Scale (FSDS-DAO) in women who respond to the study medication.
Time frame: at weeks 8 and 20
Total score of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)
One secondary endpoint is to determine whether efficacy of flibanserin as determined by changes from baseline in the total FSFI score respectively in women who respond to the study medication.
Time frame: at weeks 8 and 20
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