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To further study the mechanism of the antigonadotropic activity of progestins, the effects of a 19-nortestosterone derivative, norethisterone acetate (NETA), and a 19-norprogesterone derivative, nomegestrol acetate (NOMA), were compared. The aim was to assess whether their action is exerted via the androgen receptor. Ten healthy postmenopausal women were treated for five monthly periods of 24 days separated by 10 days in a randomized cross-over design. Transdermal estradiol, Estraderm TTS (25 micrograms; one patch every 3 days), was given from days 1-24 during the five periods. On the last 12 days, of each estradiol treatment, they all received a placebo, NOMA (5 mg/day), NOMA in association with the nonsteroidal antiandrogen, flutamide (FLU; 250 mg, twice a day), NETA (10 mg/day), or NETA plus FLU. On the other hand, three castrated patients with complete androgen insensitivity (CAI) received NOMA and NETA for two periods of 12 days separated by 3 weeks. In postmenopausal women, the effects of NOMA and NETA on metabolic parameters were studied. Only NETA decreased high density lipoprotein cholesterol. Plasma LH, FSH, and estradiol were measured during each treatment period. A significant decrease in mean plasma LH and FSH levels and their responses to exogenous GnRH was observed with NOMA and NETA treatments compared to placebo (P &lt; 0.001). The pulsatile frequency, but not the amplitude, of LH was significantly decreased during both treatments. Interestingly, the effects of both progestins on gonadotropins were not antagonized by FLU administration. In the patients with CAI, the pulsatile study of gonadotropins was performed before and on day 12 of NOMA and NETA treatments. As in postmenopausal women, both progestins induced similar decreases in LH and FSH. In conclusion, a 19-nortestosterone derivative, NETA, and a 19-norprogesterone derivative, NOMA, have similar antigonadotropic activities. This effect, not antagonized by FLU and observed in patients with CAI, is not mediated via the androgen receptor. The absence of deleterious effects of 19-norprogesterone derivatives on metabolic parameters should favor the therapeutic use of these compounds.

The antigonadotropic activity of progestins (19-nortestosterone and 19-norprogesterone derivatives) is not mediated through the androgen receptor.