UnknownPhase 3

FSH Treatment for Non-obstructive Azoospermic Patients

200 participantsStarted 2015-02

Plain-language summary

Aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of highly purified human follicle-stimulating hormone treatment on the chance of retrieving testicular sperm (sperm retrieval rate) from infertile male patients with non-obstructive azoospermia of unknown origin.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 60 Years

SexMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Azoospermia; * testis longitudinal axis less than 4.5 cm; * serum follicle-stimulating hormone greater than 7.6 IU/L Exclusion Criteria: * History of testicular biopsy, * malignancy, * varicocele, * hyperprolactinemia, * thyroid disfunction, * chemotherapy, * radiotherapy

What they're measuring

Sperm retrieval rate (SRR)

Timeframe: three months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02275169

SponsorAzienda Sanitaria Locale Bari

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2016-02

Contact for this trial

Ettore Caroppo, MD

+393479103660 ecaroppo@teseo.it

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