Challenges in conducting multicenter clinical trials in female sexual dysfunction: baseline differences between study populations

J Sex Marital Ther. 2001 Oct-Dec;27(5):525-30. doi: 10.1080/713846823.

Abstract

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) presents several unique challenges in the design and interpretation of multicenter clinical trials. This paper discusses the issue of baseline differences between study populations, using the demographic data of a recent publication describing the validation of a new questionnaire for the evaluation of FSD.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic
  • Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use
  • Purines
  • Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / diagnosis*
  • Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / drug therapy
  • Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / epidemiology
  • Sildenafil Citrate
  • Sulfones
  • Surveys and Questionnaires*

Substances

  • Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
  • Piperazines
  • Purines
  • Sulfones
  • Sildenafil Citrate