Determine If the Stress That Comes With Not Developing an Erection Affects Tadalafil Effects

To determine if patients who are distressed over having problems getting or maintaining an erection react differently to the medication than those who are not stressed over the issue...

Date First Received: October 18, 2007

Last Updated: October 18, 2007

Verified by: Eli Lilly and Company, October 2007

Clinical Trial Phase: Phase 4 | Start Date: April 2003

Overall Status: Completed

Estimated Enrollment: 659

Brief Summary

Official Title: “Does Presence of Distress Due to Erectile Dysfunction Affect the Effect of Tadalafil on Sexual Life and Life Satisfaction?”

Condition Keyword(s):

Intervention(s):

To determine if patients who are distressed over having problems getting or maintaining an erection react differently to the medication than those who are not stressed over the issue.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Drug: tadalafil
    • 20 mg tadalafil tablet by mouth as needed, no more than once a day for 8 weeks.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts in this Clinical Trial

  • Active Comparator: 1
    • 20 mg tadalafil tablet

Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial

Primary Measures

  • Change In Spontaneity Domain of PAIRS scale scores
    • Time Frame: 8 weeks

Secondary Measures

  • Change in the Time Concerns, Sexual Self-Confidence & Sexual Miscommunication, domains of PAIRS scale scores
    • Time Frame: 8 weeks

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 3 months history of erectile dysfunction (ED)
  • Anticipate a monogamous relationship with a female sexual partner
  • Be able to make minimum required sexual intercourse attempts
  • Abstain from using any other ED treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Nitrate use
  • Participated in previous tadalafil study or have a current tadalafil prescription
  • Heart attack within the last 90 days
  • Kidney problems
  • Certain heart problems

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Male

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Clinical Trial Sponsor Information

Lead Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Call 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon - Fri 9 AM - 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) Study Director Eli Lilly and Company  

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on January 08, 2009

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00547599

Study ID Number: 7989

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00547599

Health Authority: European Union: European Medicines Agency

Lilly Clinical Trial Registry

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