Recruiting

Male Fertility

Sponsor:

University of Miami

Code:

NCT01467869

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

Following spinal cord injury, most men are infertile and require medical assistance to father children. The conditions that contribute to their infertility are erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction, and semen abnormalities. The Miami Project Male Fertility Program is a research study designed to understand and improve impairments to male fertility resulting from spinal cord injury.

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Study ID

NCT01467869

Start date

Jan, 1991

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2040

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2036

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Any man with spinal cord injury over the age of 18. Control Subjects will be any healthy man over the age of 18 with no recent history of infertility

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women will be excluded.

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Primary outcome measure

  • spinal cord injury (SCI) subjects will learn the best method to obtain their semen and of their possible options for assisted conception. [ Time Frame: 2 visits; subjects will provide samples each month up to an average of 2-3 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Orrey Padilla

305-243-1491oxp210@miami.edu

Emad Ibrahim, MD

305-243-9082

Locations

The Maimi Project to Cure Paralysis

Recruiting

Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

Contacts

Emad Ibrahim, MD

305-243-9082eibrahim@miami.edu

Principal Investigator:

Emad Ibrahim, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Miami

Last update posted

Aug 17, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • abnormal semen
  • assisted conception

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Miami on 2026-08-17.