{"id":358255,"date":"2019-11-29T07:53:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T05:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=358255"},"modified":"2019-11-29T07:53:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T05:53:14","slug":"first-ever-male-birth-control-could-be-ready-soon-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/358255\/first-ever-male-birth-control-could-be-ready-soon-report\/","title":{"rendered":"First ever male birth control could be ready soon: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officials at the Indian Council of Medical Research say they\u2019ve successfully completed clinical testing of the world\u2019s first injectable male contraceptive, Vox<\/a> <\/strong>reports.<\/p>\n

The product is a nonsurgical vasectomy called reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance or RISUG<\/a><\/strong>. The procedure requires an injection into the vas deferens, the vessel which carries sperm.<\/p>\n

It is similar to vasectomy in that a local anaesthetic is administered, an incision is made in the scrotum, and the vasa deferentia are injected with a polymer gel. However, this process is completely reversible.<\/p>\n

“The product is ready, with only regulatory approvals pending with India\u2019s drug regulator,” said Radhey Shyam Sharma, a New Delhi reproductive biologist who leads the research.<\/p>\n

“The product can safely be called the world\u2019s first male contraceptive.”<\/p>\n

Tests<\/strong><\/p>\n

In March, a new male birth control pill passed<\/a> <\/strong>tests of safety and tolerability after healthy men used it daily for a month.<\/p>\n

The Phase 1 study results were presented on March 24 at the Endocrine Society\u2019s annual meeting in New Orleans. Stephanie Page, a professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, jointly led the study with Christina Wang, a professor of medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Study results indicate that the experimental male oral contraceptive decreased sperm production while preserving libido. The pill is called 11-beta-methyl-19-nortestosterone dodecylcarbonate, or 11-beta-MNTDC. It is a modified testosterone that has the combined actions of a male hormone (androgen) and a progesterone.<\/p>\n

The study involved 40 healthy men across two sites: UW Medical Centre in Seattle and the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute in Torrance, Calif. Ten study participants randomly received a placebo capsule, and 30 others received 11-beta-MNTDC at one of two doses; 14 men received 200 mg and 16 got the 400 mg dose.<\/p>\n

Subjects took the drug or placebo once daily for 28 days.<\/p>\n

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Read: South Africa to introduce NHI at an \u2018affordable pace\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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