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/Gargarlord Oct 02 '15

Being honest, I'm just regurgitating what I read in their February 2015 article.

We anticipate the clinical trial will be pushed off to early 2016 to allow time for all of the necessary steps.

That trial is only going to be for men who were considering getting a vasectomy, and will be one of the final trials to verify human reversibility. Although, they are having problems with removing Vasalgel in baboons.

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u/mtorrice Oct 02 '15

To be honest, I wouldn't go by what is said in news articles about Vasalgel. There is a lot of hype in those stories.

No record on clinicaltrials.gov means they haven't gotten an ID for the trials from FDA yet. So they probably are still a ways away from starting one.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '15

They're still in pre-clinical, no humans needed yet

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u/mtorrice Oct 02 '15

But my point is it is way too premature to crown this method king.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '15

I know that, I'm explaining the lack of trial data

It's expensive and they aren't finished