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Contact: Gina Digravio Gina.Digravio@bmc.org 617-638-8480 JAMA and Archives Journals
CHICAGO Men receiving testosterone supplementation who also received a drug (dutasteride) commonly used to treat an enlarged prostate gland and which blocks the conversion of testosterone to its potent metabolite DHT did not experience a significant difference in changes in certain outcomes such as muscle mass, muscle strength, or sexual function compared to men who did not receive dutasteride, according to a study in the March 7 issue of JAMA.
Steroid 5-reductase inhibitors, which block the conversion of testosterone to DHT, are used to treat enlarged prostate and hair loss. However, the role of 5-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in mediating testosterone's effects on muscle, sexual function and other body organ functions that are regulated by male sex hormones remains poorly understood, according to background information in the article.
Shalender Bhasin, M.D., of the Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether the effect of testosterone on muscle mass strength and sexual function are outcomes lessened when its conversion to DHT is blocked by dutasteride (an inhibitor of 5-reductase type 1 and 2). The study was a randomized controlled trial of healthy men, ages 18 to 50 years, comparing placebo plus testosterone enthanate with dutasteride plus testosterone enanthate from May 2005 through June 2010. A total of 139 men were randomized; 102 completed the 20-week intervention. Eight treatment groups received 50, 125, 300, or 600 mg/wk of testosterone enanthate for 20 weeks plus placebo (4 groups) or 2.5 mg/d of dutasteride (4 groups).
The researchers found that the changes in fat-free mass were related to testosterone dose and changes in testosterone concentrations in the placebo and dutasteride groups but did not differ between groups. There was no significant interaction between testosterone dose and randomization to dutasteride or placebo. Thus, the effects of testosterone on muscle mass did not differ between the dutasteride and placebo groups, who had very different DHT levels.
The average fat-free mass gained by the dutasteride groups was 0.6 kg (1.3 lbs.) when receiving 50 mg/wk of testosterone enanthate, 2.6 kg (5.7 lbs.) for 125 mg/wk, 5.8 kg (12.8 lbs.) for 300 mg/wk, and 7.1 kg (15.7 lbs.) for 600 mg/wk. The average fat-free mass gained by the placebo groups was 0.8 kg (1.8 lbs.) when receiving 50 mg/wk of testosterone enanthate, 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs) for 125 mg/wk, 5.7 kg (12.6 lbs.) for 300 mg/wk, and 8.1 kg (17.9 lbs.) for 600 mg/wk.
"Changes in fat mass, muscle strength, sexual function, prostate volume, sebum [a secretion of a gland] production, and hematocrit [the proportion of the blood that consists of packed red blood cells] and lipid levels did not differ between groups," the authors write.
"The finding that 5-reduction of testosterone to DHT is not obligatory for mediating its effects on outcomes that were studied in this trial has implications for therapeutic applications of androgens and 5-reductase inhibitors. These findings bode well for the safety of 5-reductase inhibitors with respect to their effects on muscle," the authors write. "Our data also predict that efficacy of 5-reductase inhibitors may be limited in men with normal or high testosterone concentrations; therefore, measurement of testosterone levels might be useful in identifying men less likely to respond to 5-reductase inhibitors."
(JAMA. 2012;307[9]:931-939. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://www.jamamedia.org)
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Study examines the relative roles of testosterone and its metabolite, dihydrotestosterone in men
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