Conditions: Contraception Libido
Keywords: Oral contraceptive Sexual dysfunction Libido
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 217
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The aim of the study is to investigate whether women on oral contraceptives (OCs) suffering from acquired OC-associated female sexual dysfunction (FSD) for at least 3 months but no longer than one year will express the same level of sexual distress when taking SH T00658ID compared to Microgynon, the usual OC prescribed for women with OC-associated FSD.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Daily oral administration of one capsule BAY86-5027 \[estradiol valerate (EV) / dienogest (DNG)\] for 28 days per cycle in the sequential 4-phasic regimen for 6 treatment cycles. arm 2: Daily oral administration of one capsule ethinylestradiol (EE) / levonorgestrel (LNG) for 21 days, followed by 1 capsule placebo for 7 days (28 days total per cycle) for 6 treatment cycles.

Interventions: intervention 1: EV/DNG (Qlaira, BAY86-5027, SH T00658ID) intervention 2: Microgynon intervention 3: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Estradiol valerate (EV) and dienogest (DNG). Sequential 4-phasic regimen. Daily oral administration of one encapsulated SH T00658ID for 28 days per cycle, for 6 treatment cycles: Days 1-2, 3.0 mg EV; Days 3-7, 2.0 mg EV+2.0 mg DNG; Days 8-24, 2.0 mg EV+3.0 mg DNG; Days 25-26, 1.0 mg EV; Days 27-28, placebo, encapsulated for blinding purpose intervention 2: Days 1 to 21: daily oral administration of one encapsulated Microgynon tablet; 0.03 mg ethinylestradiol (EE) + 0.15 mg levonorgestrel (LNG). Six 28-day treatment cycles. intervention 3: Days 22 to 28: daily oral administration of one encapsulated placebo tablet. Six 28-day treatment cycles.

Protocol document: