Hormonal effects of GnRH agonist in the human male: an approach to male contraception using combined androgen and GnRH agonist treatment

RS Swerdloff, DJ Handelsman, S Bhasin - Journal of Steroid Biochemistry, 1985 - Elsevier
Observations that hypophysectomized men demonstrate predictable azoospermia have led
to attempts to suppress gonadotropin secretion with drugs for contraceptive purposes …

Hormonal effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist in the human male. III. Effects of long term combined treatment with GnRH agonist and androgen

S Bhasin, D Heber, BS Steiner… - The Journal of …, 1985 - academic.oup.com
Chronic treatment with agonist analogs of GnRH results in reversible oligospermia i man,
but leads to impotence and decreased libido due to a concomitant fall in serum testosterone …

Hormonal effects of GnRH agonist in the human male: II. Testosterone enhances gonadotrophin suppression induced by GnRH agonist

S Bhasin, D Heber, B Steiner, M Peterson… - Clinical …, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
Superactive analogues of gonadotrophin releasing hormone and testosterone, when
administered together, synergistically inhibit gonadotrophin secretion and spermatogenesis …

Suppression of spermatogenesis in man induced by Nal-Glu gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist and testosterone enanthate (TE) is maintained by TE alone

RS Swerdloff, CJ Bagatell, C Wang… - The Journal of …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
GnRH antagonists plus testosterone (T) suppress LH and FSH levels and inhibit
spermatogenesis to azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia. High-dose T treatment alone …

GnRH analogues and male contraception

RS Swerdloff, B Steiner, C Callegari… - … , biology, and clinical …, 1996 - books.google.com
GnRH analogues are classified as either agonists or antagonists based on their acute
response. The agonists were initially developed as therapeutic agents to stimulate LH and …

Combined administration of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist and testosterone in men induces reversible azoospermia without loss of libido

SN PAVLOU, KIM BREWER… - The Journal of …, 1991 - academic.oup.com
GnRH antagonists suppress pituitary and gonadal function by competing with endogenous
GnRH for binding to receptors on pituitary gonadotrophs. We studied the effects of GnRH …

Gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist plus testosterone: A potential male contraceptive

WJ Bremner, CJ Bagatell, RA Steiner - Modes of Action of GnRH and …, 1991 - Springer
Although hormonal regimens provide effective, reversible contraception for women, no
effective hormonal contraceptive regimen has yet been developed for men. Testosterone …

Induction of azoospermia in normal men with combined Nal-Glu gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist and testosterone enanthate

L Tom, S Bhasin, W Salameh, B Steiner… - The Journal of …, 1992 - academic.oup.com
The effects of a combined GnRH antagonist and testosterone (T) replacement regimen on
gonadotropins and spermatogenesis were examined to assess its potential as a male …

Comparison of a gonadotropin releasing-hormone antagonist plus testosterone (T) versus T alone as potential male contraceptive regimens

CJ Bagatell, AM Matsumoto… - The Journal of …, 1993 - academic.oup.com
Efforts to develop a hormonal contraceptive regimen for men have focused on administration
of testosterone (T), alone or together with other agents. Previous regimens have successfully …

Hormonal effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist in men: effects of long term treatment with GnRH agonist infusion and androgen

S Bhasin, QX Yuan, BS Steiner… - The Journal of Clinical …, 1987 - academic.oup.com
Constant infusion of GnRH agonist (GnRH-A) leads to far greater suppression of
spermatogenesis and gonadotropins in the monkey than its intermittent administration. We …