UC Davis testing male contraception

Interview w/ UC Davis

ALL RIGHT YOU'RE TAKING ALIVE LOOK AT SACRAMENTO, THECAPITOL RIGHT NOW SHININGBRIGHT AT 6.45.

YOU SEE NAMESHEALTH IS TESTING NEWPOTENTIAL BIRTH CONTROLOPTIONS FOR MEN AND THEY'RELOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS SOJOINING US LIVE THIS MORNINGIS DOCTOR MITCHELL, A CREAMYAND HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUTTHIS TRIAL.

GOOD MORNING.

GOODMORNING ALL RIGHT, LET'S GETRIGHT INTO IT SO TELL USEXACTLY MALE CONTRACEPTIVEPEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIARWITH THE IDEA THIS ISCERTAINLY A NEW STUDY.

ANDIT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT.A MALE HORMONALCONTRACEPTIVE HAS GOTTEN THISFAR AND STUDY SO WE'RE REALLYEXCITED TO BE A PART OF THISAN AGE FUNDED PROGRAM.

ITWORKS VERY SIMILAR TO WOMEN'SBIRTH CONTROL PILLS WOMEN'SBILLS WILL WORKED STOP THEOVARY FROM MAKING EGGS BUT YETTHEN PROVIDE ENOUGH HORMONEBACK TO THE WOMAN SO THAT SHEFEELS NORMAL IT'S THE SAMETHING THIS HORMONES WILL FORTHE MAN WILL STOP IS TEST THISFROM MAKING SPUR BUT THENPROVIDE ENOUGH TESTOSTERONEBACK TO HIM SO THAT HE FEELSNORMAL.

LET ME ASK YOU AQUESTION ARE WE TALKING FORMHERE A GEL WHAT HOW EXACTLY WETALK ABOUT THIS CONTRACEPTIVEWHAT PHYSICAL HOW'S IT GOINGTO WANT TO LOOK GREAT GREATPOINT TO BRING OUT THIS FORUMAND IT'S A GEL IT COMES INLET'S GO THE METER PUMP SOIT'S LIKE A PUMP LIKE HANDSANITIZER LIKE WE'RE USINGEVERY DAY TO DAY.BUT IT'S A MEASURED AMOUNTSOF THEM AND WE'LL PUT ONE PUMPIN HIS HAND AND RUBBED IT ONTHE SHOULDER AND THEN AN A ONEPUMP AND THE OTHER HAND BUT ONTHE OTHER SHOULDER, SO JUST TOPOSTED A MORNING.

ON OK THAT'SINTERESTING THERE SO I KNOWYOU'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THISIS A TEST BY THE WAY.THAT TRIAL IT'S GOING ONALL AROUND THE COUNTRY ALLAROUND THE WORLD, ONE OF THELARGEST SO TELL US ABOUT THEQUALIFICATIONS AS WE PUT ONTHE SCREEN FOR PEOPLE.SO IT'S BASICALLY HEALTHYMEN AND WOMEN HAVE TO BE IN ACOMMITTED RELATIONSHIP IDEALLYFOR AT LEAST A YEAR BECAUSETHE STUDY WILL GO ON FOR UP TO2 YEARS SO WE WANT PEOPLE WHOHAVE BEEN TOGETHER AND PLAN TOSTAY TOGETHER AND THE BIGGESTTHING IS JUST GENERALLYHEALTHY HEALTHY MAN HEALTHYWOMAN MAN COULD BE UP TO 50THE ONE COULD BE UP TO THE AGEOF 34.

AND THE WOMAN HAS TOHAVE REGULAR MENSTRUAL CYCLESSHE HAS TO BE USING A METHODOF CONTRACEPTION UP UNTIL THEPOINT IN WHICH HE'S DECLAREDREADY TO BE USING THE HORMONALMETHOD AS THE MAIN MEANS OFCONTRACEPTION.ALL RIGHT BECAUSE RIGHT NOWFROM AND I MEAN WE'RE TALKINGABOUT THIS REALLY JUST CONDOMSAT THIS POINT AND THE SECONDTHESE ARE THE MAIN WAYS THATMEN USE SOME KIND OFCONTRACEPTIVE SO THIS COULD BEA REALLY GAME CHANGING HERE.WELL, I THINK IT'S A TIMEWHEN.PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN LOOKINGFOR A LONG TIME IT'S SOMETHINGWHERE THE YOUNG MEN SAY I WANTTO PARTICIPATE I WANT TO STANDUP IT'S AN EQUAL SHARE IN THECOUPLE, PREVENTING PREGNANCYAND THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITYTO TO BE A PART OF REALLYWHAT'S.

COUPLES ISSUE AND YOUKNOW WHEN WILL PEOPLE TALK AWOMAN MAY TAKE HORMONES ANDTHEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT HERHAVING SOME SIDE EFFECTS MAYBE WORRIED AS WELL BUT THETYPES OF ISSUES THAT MEN WILLEXPERIENCE DURING THE STUDYREALLY SHOULDN'T BE VERY MUCHDIFFERENT THAN A WOMAN MIGHTEXPERIENCE OR NOTHING TO AGREATER EXTENT.AND THIS IS REALLY FOR THECOUPLE'S TO SIGN UP THIS ISIMPORTANT TO MENTION WHILE ITIS THE MALE WHO IS RECEIVINGTHE CONTRACEPTION BOTH WILL BERECEIVING CHECKUPS WHILE THISIS GOING ON CORRECT.RIGHT AND BOTH AREPARTICIPATING IN THE STUDY SOBOTH HAVE VISITS THE MAN'SVISITS ARE A LITTLE MOREFREQUENT THAN THE WOMAN'SVISITS, BUT THE HER PARTNERTHE WOMAN IS DEFINITELYWELCOME TO COME TO EVERY VISITWITH HER PARTNER SHE WANTS.PERFECT SO IF PEOPLE AREINTERESTED WHERE CAN THEY GO.THEY CAN GO TO THE U C DAVISWEBSITE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BEA U C DAVIS PATIENT TOPARTICIPATE.

YOU CAN ACTUALLYJUST SEARCH FOR U C DAVIS MEALCONTRACEPTION AND THAT WILLWORK OR IF YOU GO TO THE YOUSEE DAVIS OF OBSTETRICS ANDGYNECOLOGY WEBSITE LOOK FORRESEARCH IT WILL BE THERE.THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I MEANPEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A HIGHOF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN A SAFEREVERSIBLE METHOD FOR MALECONTRACEPTION SO THIS COULD BEA GAME CHANGING IF YOU WANT TOPARTICIPATE AGAIN YOU DO NOTHAVE TO BE A U C DAVIS HEALTHPATIENT FOR YOU TO TAKE PARTIN THIS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOUSO MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOURHELP THIS MORNING ANDHOPEFULLY GET A LOT OF PEOPLECOMING OUT THERE WHO AREENCOURAGED AND SIGN UP FORTHIS TESTING WE DO APPRECIATEIT.

GOOD MORNING.