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title: Menstrual Effects On Mood Symptoms in Bipolar Diso | PMS & PMDD trial
description: Completed. Study on Bipolar Disorder run by University of Pittsburgh in United States.
url: https://niyora.com/research/trials/menstrual-effects-on-mood-symptoms-in-bipolar-disorder-nct00472615/
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# Menstrual Effects On Mood Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder

Status Completed Registry ID NCT00472615 Type Observational (no treatment given) Conditions Bipolar Disorder Sponsor University of Pittsburgh Where United States Participants 45 (planned) Start 2006-08 Completion 2008-06 Last update 2009-02-26

## About the study

Background and Rationale for Study: Estrogen and progesterone are female hormones that regulate the menstrual cycle and likely serve an important role in the regulation of mood. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) which affects 75% of healthy women is a cyclic pattern of mild dysphoria and physical discomfort that begin 1-2weeks pre-menses, and resolve by 2-3 days post-onset of menses. Up to 66% of women with bipolar disorder (BD) describe premenstrual mood changes that range from mild symptoms to severe worsening that require hospitalization. Therefore, the hormonal shifts of the menstrual cycle likely influence bipolar symptoms, but confirmatory research is lacking. Study questions: The primary aims and hypotheses are to characterize bipolar mood symptoms throughout the menstrual cycle and to determine if women with BD have: 1) a) increased severity and persistence of depression and mania symptoms in the late luteal (premenstrual) vs early follicular phase, b) larger change in mood symptoms from the late luteal (premenstrual) to the early follicular phase, compared to healthy women, 2) more relapses, in the late luteal compared to the early follicular phase. The secondary aims are to determine: 1) frequency and severity of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) type symptoms in bipolar women; 2) association between bipolar mood variability and a) menstrual phase, b) ovulatory vs anovulatory cycles, c) antimanic drug treatment.

Summary from ClinicalTrials.gov.

[See the full record](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00472615)

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