Healthy
Conditions
Keywords
male fertility, semen parameters
Brief summary
Volunteers with normal and subnormal semen parameters receive a hormonal male contraceptive in order to investigate whether there are differences between normal and subnormal men in terms of suppressibility, rate of azoospermia and reversibility of suppression of spermatogenesis.
Detailed description
Volunteers with normal and subnormal semen parameters receive a hormonal male contraceptive in order to investigate whether there are differences between normal and subnormal men in terms of suppressibility, rate of azoospermia and reversibility of suppression of spermatogenesis. Twenty-five men will be recruited for each group. They will be exposed to hormonal male contraception for six months.
Interventions
testosterone injections 4 times
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Volunteers with normal and subnormal semen parameters
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| semen parameters | 2005 - 2008 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| hormones | 2005 2008 |
Countries
Germany