Male Fertility Program

Description

Following spinal cord injury, most men are infertile and require medical assistance to father children. The conditions that contribute to their infertility are erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction, and semen abnormalities. The Miami Project Male Fertility Program is a research study designed to understand and improve impairments to male fertility resulting from spinal cord injury.

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Following spinal cord injury, most men are infertile and require medical assistance to father children. The conditions that contribute to their infertility are erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction, and semen abnormalities. The Miami Project Male Fertility Program is a research study designed to understand and improve impairments to male fertility resulting from spinal cord injury.

The Miami Project Male Fertility Program

Male Fertility Program

Condition
Spinal Cord Injury
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Miami

The Maimi Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Any man with spinal cord injury over the age of 18. Control Subjects will be any healthy man over the age of 18 with no recent history of infertility
  • * Women will be excluded.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Miami,

Emad Ibrahim, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Miami

Study Record Dates

2040-12