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Testosterone Levels in Clinical Studies
The table that follows provides examples of the testosterone level entry criteria used in several studies of testosterone therapy that included older men in the study populations. The table also provides information on baseline testosterone levels and the levels attained during the study.
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TABLE D-1 Testosterone Levels in Clinical Studies
Reference |
Treatment Duration, Preparation, Dose |
T Level Entry Criteria (ng/dL) |
Baseline Level in T-Treated Group (ng/dL) |
Mean Level Attained During Study in T-Treated Group (ng/dL) |
Randomized Placebo Controlled Trials |
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Tenover, 1992 |
3 months 100 mg TE, IM weekly |
None |
TT: 334 ng/dL* |
TT: 568 ng/dL* |
Sih et al., 1997 |
12 months 200 mg TC, IM every 14-17 days |
BT ≤ 60 ng/dL BT: 42 ng/dL |
TT: 294 ng/dL BT: 73 ng/dL |
TT: 370 ng/dL |
Blackman et al., 2002; Christmas et al., 2002; Münzer et al., 2001 |
26 weeks 100 mg TE, IM biweekly |
TT ≤ 470 ng/dL |
TT: 409 ng/dL |
Not available |
Kenny et al., 2001, 2002a,b |
12 months Two 2.5 mg patches daily |
BT < 128 ng/dL* |
TT: 389 ng/dL* BT: 92 ng/dL* |
TT: 640 ng/dL* BT: 161 ng/dL* |
Snyder et al., 1999a,b, 2001 |
36 months 6 mg scrotal patch daily |
TT < 475 ng/dL |
TT: 367 ng/dL |
TT: 625 ng/dL |
Pope et al., 2003 |
8 weeks 10 g 1% T gel daily |
TT of 100-350 ng/dL |
TT: 293 ng/dL |
TT: 789 ng/dLa |
Additional Studies |
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Morley et al., 1993 |
3 months 200 mg TE, IM every 2 weeks |
BT < 70 ng/dL |
BT: 37 ng/dL |
BT: 323 ng/dL |
Katznelson et al., 1996 |
18 months 100 mg IM, TE, or TC weekly |
TT < 300 ng/dL* |
TT: 184 ng/dL* |
Not available |
Wang et al., 2000 |
180 days 50 mg gel, 100 m gel, or 5 mg patch daily |
TT < 300 ng/dL |
TT: 237 ng/dL*b |
patch: 407 ng/dL* 50 mg gel: 450-554 ng/dL* 100 mg gel: 712-743 ng/dL* |
a Mean level after 1 week of testosterone therapy. b Baseline level for participants receiving T patch or T gel (50 mg/day). Average baseline level of serum testosterone for the pa rticipants receiving 100 mg/day T gel was 248 ng/dL. NOTE: *Converted from nmol/L. The conversion factor from conventional units (ng/dL) to Système International (SI) units (nmol/L) is 0.0347. To convert ng/dL to nmol/L multiply by 0.0347 (JAMA, 2001). BT = bioavailable testosterone; IM = intramuscular; T = testosterone; TE = testosterone enanthate; TC = testosterone cypionate; TT = total testosterone. |