Assessing the Efficacy of Clomiphene Citrate in Patients With Azoospermia and Hypoandrogenism (NCT02137265) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Assessing the Efficacy of Clomiphene Citrate in Patients With Azoospermia and Hypoandrogenism
Stopped: No funding obtained
Spain0Started 2015-09
Plain-language summary
Hypothesis: Prescribed clomiphene citrate to azoospermic patients with hypoandrogenism could improve the sperm retrieval in either fresh sperm or after surgical sperm extraction.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients over 18 years old.
* Man seeking fertility treatment.
* Azoospermia confirmed in at least 2 semen analyses with centrifugation.
* Testosterone \<300 ng/dL and Bioavailable Testosterone\<156 ng/dL.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Presence of genetic disorders: Y chromosome deletions or abnormal karyotypes.
* Luteinizing hormone (LH) \>25 IU/mL.
* Estradiol \> 40 ng/dL.
* Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (LH \<2 IU/mL and Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) \<1 IU/mL).
* Obstructive azoospermia (FSH \<7.6 IU/mL plus testicle longitudinally axis \>4.6 cm or bilateral absence of vas deferens or surgical history of vasectomy).
* Clinical varicocele (palpable or visible in physical exam)
* Previous history of cryptorchidism.
* Use of chemotherapy, testosterone, or anti-androgen in the last two years. Partner \>40 years or female factor infertility associated.
* Contraindications to clomiphene use: depression, heart and liver impairment, uncontrolled thyroid/adrenal dysfunction, organic intracranial lesions.
What they're measuring
1
Presence of sperm in the ejaculated or in the microsurgical testicular Sperm extraction (microTESE)
Timeframe: After four months of clomiphene treatment
2
Epigenetic modifications
Timeframe: After four months of clomiphene treatment