Guest guest Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 What ever happened to this study and what were the results?? I'm very much interested in how mifepristone might be another alternative to invasive surgery. sKY:: > Robin, > > I was planning to post information about the study on this site for > recruitment purposes (since our sample size is 60), but we started > enrollment this Monday and we are already working with a waiting list! Just > very briefly: > > Mifepristone is an anti-hormone which blocks the effect of the normal > female hormone progesterone. This one year study will examine how fibroids > respond to 4 and 8 months of low dose mifepristone therapy and what happens > after the mifepristone is stopped. The subjects will be observed for a > minimum of 4 months and a maximum of eight months afterward. Symptoms will > be monitored throughout the study allowing a comparison between the group > receiving placebo versus the group receiving mifepristone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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