Ndolecarbinol efficacy for mastalgia treatment

Smetnik V.P.; Gavisova A.A.; Bilak N.P.; Drukh V.M.

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Smetnik V.P.

FGU Nauchnyĭ tsentr akusherstva, ginekologii i perinatologii im. akad. V.I. Kulakova MZ SR RF, Moskva

Gavisova A.A.

FGBU "Nauchnyĭ tsentr akusherstva, ginekologii i perinatologii im. V.I. Kulakova" Minzdrava Rossii

Bilak N.P.

FGBU "Nauchnyĭ tsentr akusherstva, ginekologii i perinatologii im. V.I. Kulakova" Minzdrava Rossii

Drukh V.M.

Zakrytoe aktsionernoe obshchestvo "Il'miksGrupp", Moskva

Ndolecarbinol efficacy for mastalgia treatment

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Smetnik V.P., Gavisova A.A., Bilak N.P., Drukh V.M.

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Journal: Russian Journal of Human Reproduction. 2013;(5): 49‑53

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Smetnik VP, Gavisova AA, Bilak NP, Drukh VM. Ndolecarbinol efficacy for mastalgia treatment. Russian Journal of Human Reproduction. 2013;(5):49‑53. (In Russ.)

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The efficacy indolecarbinol for mastalgia treatment was studied in randomized double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter clinical trial. 62 patients received 400 mg/day of indolecarbinol or placebo for 6 menstrual cycles. The success rate in therapy group was significantly higher than in placebo group (83.3% vs. 50.3%, p=0.002). Plasma concentration of sex steroid-binding globulin increased and free estradiol level decreased in Indinol Forto group. Increased ratio of urinary estrogen metabolites (2-hydroxyestrone/16α-hydroxyestrone) was observed in indocarbinol group. Indocarbinol is recommended for the treatment of patients with both cyclical mastalgia and mammary dysplasia.

Keywords:

estrogen metabolites

indolecarbinol

cyclical mastalgia

fibrocystic breast disease

clinical tri

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Smetnik V.P.

FGU Nauchnyĭ tsentr akusherstva, ginekologii i perinatologii im. akad. V.I. Kulakova MZ SR RF, Moskva

Gavisova A.A.

FGBU "Nauchnyĭ tsentr akusherstva, ginekologii i perinatologii im. V.I. Kulakova" Minzdrava Rossii

Bilak N.P.

FGBU "Nauchnyĭ tsentr akusherstva, ginekologii i perinatologii im. V.I. Kulakova" Minzdrava Rossii

Drukh V.M.

Zakrytoe aktsionernoe obshchestvo "Il'miksGrupp", Moskva

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