Does Adding Oral Contraceptives to Fluoxetine Improve the Management of Premenstrual Syndrome?

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Three hundred women with severe premenstrual syndrome will be divided into 3 groups using computer generated random numbers. Group 1 will receiveCombined oral contraceptives (COC) containing drospirenone (drospirenone 3mg+Ethinylestradiol 0.03mg) daily for 21 days starting from the 3rd day of menstruation in addition to oral fluoxetine 20 mg daily. Group 2 will receive fluoxetine 20 mg daily in addition to an oral placebo similar to COC daily for 21 days starting from the 3rd day of menstruation.Group 3 will receive oral placebo similar to COC daily for 21 days starting from the 3rd day of menstruation in addition to a daily oral placebo similar in size, color and structure to fluoxetine.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Treatments: Contraceptive Agents; Contraceptives, Oral; Contraceptives, Oral, Combined; Drospirenone; Ethinyl Estradiol; Fluoxetine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Severe PMS

• Regular periods

Exclusion Criteria:

• Underlying psychiatric disease.

• Body mass index > 35.

• Women on combined oral contraceptives.

• History of deep venous thrombosis, known liver, kidney or heart disease.

• Allergy to COC or fluoxetine