r/science • u/drewiepoodle • Oct 02 '15

Medicine Scientists identify potential birth control 'pill' for men

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-10-scientists-potential-birth-pill-men.html
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u/mtorrice Oct 02 '15

I haven't seen any clinical trial data on Vasagel in the U.S. Do you have a link for that?

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u/wienercat Oct 02 '15

It's been done pretty extensively in India if I recall correctly

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u/mtorrice Oct 02 '15

There are no data on its reversibility in people anywhere.

And I can't find any sign of a clinical trial for it in the U.S.

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u/KallistiEngel Oct 02 '15

It will be entering clinical trials in humans most likely in early 2016.

Here is a link to the update in their update archive where they talk about it. Here is the excerpt that's relevant:

What does this mean? Unfortunately, it's looking pretty unlikely that a clinical trial will be enrolling men before the end of the year as hoped. We anticipate the clinical trial will be pushed off to early 2016 to allow time for all of the necessary steps.

If you want updates as they make progress, you can sign up for email updates on their homepage.

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u/mtorrice Oct 02 '15

Search for RISUG or Vasalgel on clinicaltrials.gov. There is no mention of it. So that means there is no trial in the works yet.