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Title: Effects of testosterone treatment on body fat and lean mass in obese men on a hypocaloric diet: a randomised controlled trial
Austin Authors: Ng Tang Fui, Mark ;Prendergast, Luke A;Dupuis, Philippe;Raval, Manjri ;Strauss, Boyd J;Zajac, Jeffrey D ;Grossmann, Mathis 
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Austin Health, the University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Department of Endocrinology, Austin Health, Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: 7-Oct-2016
Date: 2016-10-07
Publication information: BMC Medicine 2016; 14(1): 153
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Whether testosterone treatment has benefits on body composition over and above caloric restriction in men is unknown. We hypothesised that testosterone treatment augments diet-induced loss of fat mass and prevents loss of muscle mass. METHODS: We conducted a randomised double-blind, parallel, placebo controlled trial at a tertiary referral centre. A total of 100 obese men (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2) with a total testosterone level of or below 12 nmol/L and a median age of 53 years (interquartile range 47-60) receiving 10 weeks of a very low energy diet (VLED) followed by 46 weeks of weight maintenance were randomly assigned at baseline to 56 weeks of 10-weekly intramuscular testosterone undecanoate (n = 49, cases) or matching placebo (n = 51, controls). The main outcome measures were the between-group difference in fat and lean mass by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and visceral fat area (computed tomography). RESULTS: A total of 82 men completed the study. At study end, compared to controls, cases had greater reductions in fat mass, with a mean adjusted between-group difference (MAD) of -2.9 kg (-5.7 to -0.2; P = 0.04), and in visceral fat (MAD -2678 mm2; -5180 to -176; P = 0.04). Although both groups lost the same lean mass following VLED (cases -3.9 kg (-5.3 to -2.6); controls -4.8 kg (-6.2 to -3.5), P = 0.36), cases regained lean mass (3.3 kg (1.9 to 4.7), P < 0.001) during weight maintenance, in contrast to controls (0.8 kg (-0.7 to 2.3), P = 0.29) so that, at study end, cases had an attenuated reduction in lean mass compared to controls (MAD 3.4 kg (1.3 to 5.5), P = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: While dieting men receiving placebo lost both fat and lean mass, the weight loss with testosterone treatment was almost exclusively due to loss of body fat. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT01616732 , registration date: June 8, 2012.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/16403
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0700-9
Journal: BMC Cancer
PubMed URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27716209
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Body composition
Caloric restriction
Obesity
Testosterone
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