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To answer you question, I do not know what they were compensated. But I suppose if you already had the amount of children you wanted and were considering the ol

To answer you question, I do not know what they were compensated. But I suppose if you already had the amount of children you wanted and were considering the ole snip snip, this might have been a considerable option. Maybe it's what they wanted? I do agree though that if this were a young man, I sincerely hope they made some frozen samples before committing to this study.

evandijk70 10y ago
There's also the risk that the drug is not as efficient as expected, and you end up with an unwanted pregnancy, so participating in this trial is never a no-brainer.
- morsch 10y ago
  Presumably they were strongly advised to use a second method of birth control.
  - askmike 10y ago
    in that case they wouldn't really test whether it works or not..
    - tveita 10y ago
      It's supposed to lower sperm count, which you could easily verify with a sample.
    - sangnoir 10y ago
      I don't think they were measuring the efficacy on the basis of whether or not the participants conceived - that measure is affected by too many variables. Sperm count is the more reliable metric with reasonable granularity for measuring the effect.
  - evandijk70 10y ago
    I looked up the study, and it seems that participants were not allowed to use a second method of birth control: "Couples enrolled in the efficacy phase were asked to rely only on these injections for contraception." And there were four pregnancies during the study (from the abstract of the study): During the efficacy phase of up to 56 weeks, 4 pregnancies occurred among the partners of the 266 male participants, with the rate of 1.57 per 100 continuing users (95% CI, 0.59 – 4.14)
    - morsch 10y ago
      Thanks for the correction.
toredash 10y ago
I -THINK- you didn't answer his question
- pc86 10y ago
  > I -THINK- you didn't answer his question Q: Anyone know how much the participants were compensated for taking part in the study? A: To answer you question, I do not know what they were compensated. Yes they did.
  - lightbyte 10y ago
    "I do not know" is not normally acceptable as an answer. The OP still does not know whether the participants were compensated.

evandijk70 10y ago

There's also the risk that the drug is not as efficient as expected, and you end up with an unwanted pregnancy, so participating in this trial is never a no-brainer.

morsch 10y ago
Presumably they were strongly advised to use a second method of birth control.
- askmike 10y ago
  in that case they wouldn't really test whether it works or not..
  - tveita 10y ago
    It's supposed to lower sperm count, which you could easily verify with a sample.
  - sangnoir 10y ago
    I don't think they were measuring the efficacy on the basis of whether or not the participants conceived - that measure is affected by too many variables. Sperm count is the more reliable metric with reasonable granularity for measuring the effect.
- evandijk70 10y ago
  I looked up the study, and it seems that participants were not allowed to use a second method of birth control: "Couples enrolled in the efficacy phase were asked to rely only on these injections for contraception." And there were four pregnancies during the study (from the abstract of the study): During the efficacy phase of up to 56 weeks, 4 pregnancies occurred among the partners of the 266 male participants, with the rate of 1.57 per 100 continuing users (95% CI, 0.59 – 4.14)
  - morsch 10y ago
    Thanks for the correction.

toredash 10y ago

I -THINK- you didn't answer his question

pc86 10y ago
> I -THINK- you didn't answer his question Q: Anyone know how much the participants were compensated for taking part in the study? A: To answer you question, I do not know what they were compensated. Yes they did.
- lightbyte 10y ago
  "I do not know" is not normally acceptable as an answer. The OP still does not know whether the participants were compensated.