P&G patch improves female sexual desire in trial

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An experimental Procter & Gamble Co. skin patch containing testosterone significantly improved sexual desire and satisfaction in women whose ovaries had previously been removed, the company said on Tuesday.

P&G, best known for consumer products such as Tide laundry detergent and Crest toothpaste, said the results were seen in a late-stage clinical trial of 562 women whose sexual desire and activity had waned after menopause caused by removal of both ovaries.

All women in the 24-week trial, whose average age was 49, were already using pills or patches containing estrogen, the female hormone produced by the ovaries. The trial was designed to see if replacement of testosterone, the male sexual hormone which is also produced by the ovaries, would improve the women’s sexual desire.

P&G said women receiving the testosterone patch had a 74 percent increase in frequency of “satisfying sexual activity” and a 56 percent increase in sexual desire, compared with the period before they received the patches.

There was a similar incidence of adverse events in women receiving the testosterone patch and those given placebo patches, the company said. The patches, worn on the abdomen, were changed twice weekly.

There is currently no approved prescription treatment in the United States for the condition, whose formal name is Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder.

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