200
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 1992
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2007
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2012
estrogen
Participants were started on ethinyl estradiol at a daily dose of 50ng/kg at the beginning of the 3rd year of the study. The estrogen was continued until study end.
androgen
Oxandrolone or placebo capsule, .06mg/kg/day, orally, for 2 years
placebo
an inactive substance
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1025 Walnut Street, Suite 726, Philadelphia
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
NIH
Thomas Jefferson University
OTHER