If you are interested in participating, please contact us:

Phone: 800-847-6060

Email: pcos@northwestern.edu

Website: www.pcos.northwestern.edu/contact.aspx

Northwestern University is currently recruiting women, men, and girls from the ages of 8-12 for our research on PCOS.  The purpose of these studies is to better understand the cause of PCOS and the problems associated with it.  Since PCOS runs in families, we are also trying to better understand how PCOS affects family members, and to determine if there is a way to predict if a girl will get PCOS later in life.

• Women (18 to 55 years old)
• Men (18 to 65 years old)
• Women who were recently pregnant

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Studies for Women:

Study #1
SCOR: Androgens, Genotype and Insulin resistance in PCOS
(NMH eIRB #13763)

• We are recruiting overweight women 18-40 years old, with regular periods or irregular periods or PCOS who are generally in good health and are not taking birth control pills.
• Even if you are taking birth control pills there may be a way to include you in this study, so please contact us if you are interested in participating.
• The study requires between 1 and 10 visits over the course of 1 to 12 months depending on your schedule and interest in participating.
• The study involves blood testing, an MRI and a DEXA scan.
• If you choose to participate in the second part of the study you may be asked to take FDA-approved medications for study purposes.
• Compensation: up to $5200
  

Study #2
Metabolic Syndrome in PCOS: Precursors and Interventions
(NMH eIRB #8004)

• We are recruiting women with PCOS (or who have irregular periods) between the ages of 18 and 35 who are generally in good health and are not taking birth control pills.
• Even if you are taking birth control pills there may be a way to include you in this study, so please contact us if you are interested in participating.
• The study requires 7 visits over the course of 6 months. 
• Participants in this study will be on one of three different FDA-approved medications to help treat PCOS.
• Participants will receive a personalized, dietician supervised weight loss program at no charge as part of the study.
• The study involves blood testing, an MRI and a DEXA scan.
• Compensation: $725

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Studies for Men:

Study #1
SCOR: Androgens, Genotype and Insulin resistance in PCOS
(NMH eIRB #13763)

• We are recruiting men who are brothers or fathers of women with PCOS, and men whose sisters and daughters do not have PCOS.  All participants will be in generally good health and be between the ages of 18 and 65.
• The study requires 2 or 3 visits within a 2 week period.
• The study involves 2 blood tests and an MRI scan.
• Compensation: $800

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Studies for Women who were Recently Pregnant:

Study #1
PCOS Registry – Child (NMH eIRB #8006, CMH IRB #2006-12785)

• We are recruiting women with and without PCOS who have children between 0-5 years old.
• The study is non-invasive, and would require you to send wet diapers and growth charts to us. 
• Compensation: $75 per set of diapers and growth chart

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