# TOM: Testosterone in Older Men With Sarcopenia

> **NCT00240981** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Boston Medical Center** · enrollment: 209 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Sarcopenia
- Hypogonadism
- Muscular Diseases

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Topical testosterone gel 1% (active formulation)
- **DRUG:** Topical gel (placebo formulation)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00240981
- **Lead sponsor:** Boston Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2005-01
- **Primary completion:** 2009-12
- **Final completion:** 2009-12
- **Target enrollment:** 209 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Higher incidence of cardiovascular events in the testosterone arm of the trial. Decision taken by the DSMB on December 31st, 2009.
- **Last updated:** 2017-02-23

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00240981

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00240981, "TOM: Testosterone in Older Men With Sarcopenia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00240981. Licensed CC0.

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