Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Libicare® in Women With Low Arousal and Sexual Desire Levels (VITAL)

National, Multicentric, Randomized, Single-blind, Active-controlled Phase III Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Libicare® in Women With Low Arousal and Sexual Desire Levels

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Libicare® in the sexual desire and arousal at 12 weeks in peri or postmenopausal women aged between 40 and 60 years old with low sexual desire and arousal compared with active control.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Dietary supplement: Libicare; Dietary supplement: active control

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Libicare® in the sexual desire and arousal at 12 weeks in peri or postmenopausal women aged between 40 and 60 years old with low sexual desire and arousal compared with active control.

Despite current consensus in the literature that Female Sexual Dysfunction can manifest at any age in a woman´s life, researchers as Sarrel documented that during menopause, up to 40% of women are experiencing a decrease in their sexual libido. The common assumption is that the menopause contributes to a drop of the sexual desire probably as a result of low production of hormones from ovaries, at the same time will reduce the estrogen and testosterone. This reduction starts to be reduced in the thirties and continues to reduce progressively at a constant rate reaching of about 50% of their initial highest levels by the time they reach menopause. Other hormones could be involved as Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) or dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), both are related with testosterone levels.

Libicare® is a dietary supplement whose ingredients could have positive effects on the improvement of sexual function in women with low desire and arousal levels.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Barcelona
    • Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain, 08860
      • Procare Health Iberia

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 41 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Female aged between 40 and 60 years old.
2. Healthy peri or postmenopausal women.
3. Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18,5-29,9.
4. Female with low sexual desire and low arousal with a score ≤26.55 on the questionnaire Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) .
5. Patients who signed the Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Female with uncontrolled thyroid function.
2. Female with severe genital pain (vaginism, stopping intercourse because of severe pain).
3. Female diagnosed with primary female orgasmic disorder.
4. No coital intercourse a month.
5. Lack of steady sexual partner.
6. Suffering from any serious medical condition (any disease which may force the participant to use drug during the study).
7. Suffering from major depression disorder or other psychiatric disorders.
8. Women on anticoagulant treatment.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: treatment group; The treatment group will be treated with Libicare for three month (2 tablets/day). After the first three months (12 weeks) of treatment, the treatment group will be classified into two populations: Responding patients: this population, defined by FSFI score > 26.55, will be randomized (1:1) into 2 groups: one of them will take Libicare® for further 12 weeks (total period on treatment: 24 weeks) and the other group will remain under observation with no treatment for further 12 weeks (total period on treatment: 12 weeks).; Non-responding patients: this population, defined by FSFI score ≤ 26.55, will intake Libicare® for further 12 weeks (total period on treatment: 24 weeks).	Dietary supplement: Libicare; The main ingredients of Libicare® are: Trigonella Foenum-graecum (Trigonella); Tribulus Terrestris (Tribulus); Turnera Diffusa (Damiana)
Active Comparator: active control group; The active control group will be treated with a Selenium and vitamins B complex for three month (2tablets/day). After the first three months (12 weeks) of treatment, patients of the active-control group will cross over the treatment to Libicare® for three months (12 weeks)	Dietary supplement: Libicare; The main ingredients of Libicare® are: Trigonella Foenum-graecum (Trigonella); Tribulus Terrestris (Tribulus); Turnera Diffusa (Damiana); Dietary supplement: active control; Selenium and vitamins B complex

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evolution of sexual desire and arousal	The evolution of the composite score from sexual desire and arousal obtained using FSFI (Female Sexual Function Index) questionnaire. It has 19 questions with six domains included desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain, and a general score in which higher scores reflected better sexual activity.	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The evolution of the composite score from sexual desire and arousal	The evolution of the composite score from sexual desire and arousal obtained using FSFI (Female Sexual Function Index) questionnaire. It has 19 questions with six domains included desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain, and a general score in which higher scores reflected better sexual activity.	at 6 and 24 weeks
The evolution of the FSFI questionnaire total score	The evolution of the FSFI (Female Sexual Function Index) questionnaire total score. Composite score from sexual desire and arousal domains will be calculed as the sum of desire items (2 questions) and arousal items (4 questions). Higher scores reflected better sexual activity.	at 6, 12 and 24 weeks
The evolution of other each sexual FSFI domain score	The evolution of other each sexual FSFI domain score (Female Sexual Function Index) It contains 2 questions of desire domain and 4 questions of arousal domain. Higher scores reflected better sexual activity.	at 6, 12 and 24 weeks
To evaluate the hormonal levels (free testosterone and SHBG)	changes in hormonals levels	at 6, 12 and 24 weeks
The evolution of the vitality status obtained using the Subjective Vitality Scale questionnaire	The evolution of the vitality scale (an 7-point Likert Scale) contains 7 items. Higher scores reflected better vitality status.	at 12 and 24 weeks
The improvement in the Quality of life of women by EQ-5D-5L questionnaire	The improvement in the Quality of life of women by EQ-5D-5L (European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions) questionnaire. It comprises the same 5 dimensions (mobility, self care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression). Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems, and extreme problems. The result is in a 1-digit number that expresses the level selected for that dimension. The digits for the five dimensions can be combined into a 5-digit number that describes the patient's health state.	at 12 and 24 weeks
Clinical satisfaction of the women with the treatment, using a Likert-type scale	Clinical satisfaction of the women with the treatment, using a Likert-type scale of 7 points (from 1 = Very satisfied to 7 = Very dissatisfied)	at 6, 12 and 24 weeks
The improvement of is frequency of intercourse and non-intercourse activity (total and satisfying events), number of orgasms using the SAL©	The improvement of is frequency of intercourse and non-intercourse activity (total and satisfying events), number of orgasms using the SAL© ((Sexual Activity Log©). It is a weekly diary that it measures frequency of intercourse and non-intercourse activity (total and satisfying events), number of orgasms.	at 6, 12 and 24 weeks
The evaluation of the degree of therapeutic compliance	The evaluation of the degree of therapeutic compliance throught Likert Scale of 5 points (from 1 = Very satisfied to 5 = Very dissatisfied) will be analysed by means of percentage.	at 6, 12 and 24 weeks
Adverse events and adverse drug reactions	To evaluate the safety of libicare measuring the incidence and duration of adverse events and adverse drug reactions.	at 6, 12 and 24 weeks.
Weight, height and BMI	Safety endpoint for evaluating weigh and BMI (body mass index) changes.	at baseline, 6, 12 and 24 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Procare Health Iberia S.L.
• Investigators: Study Director: Josep Combalia, MD, Procare Health Iberia

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Rao A, Steels E, Beccaria G, Inder WJ, Vitetta L. Influence of a Specialized Trigonella foenum-graecum Seed Extract (Libifem), on Testosterone, Estradiol and Sexual Function in Healthy Menstruating Women, a Randomised Placebo Controlled Study. Phytother Res. 2015 Aug;29(8):1123-30. doi: 10.1002/ptr.5355. Epub 2015 Apr 24.
• Akhtari E, Raisi F, Keshavarz M, Hosseini H, Sohrabvand F, Bioos S, Kamalinejad M, Ghobadi A. Tribulus terrestris for treatment of sexual dysfunction in women: randomized double-blind placebo - controlled study. Daru. 2014 Apr 28;22(1):40. doi: 10.1186/2008-2231-22-40.
• Zhao J, Dasmahapatra AK, Khan SI, Khan IA. Anti-aromatase activity of the constituents from damiana (Turnera diffusa). J Ethnopharmacol. 2008 Dec 8;120(3):387-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.016. Epub 2008 Sep 26.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 14, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): November 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 3, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): December 6, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 4, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 2, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: VITAL STUDY

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No