Calcium Chloride Sterilization
Alternative Name: Epididymal Calchlorin
Description: A non-reversible method that is currently being tested in animals is epididymal injection of calcium chloride dihydrate. Calcium chloride destroys the epididymal tissue where sperm are stored, but does not affect testosterone production, which occurs in the Leydig cells of the testes.
Product Details
User: Male
Hormonal: No
Delivery Method: Injectable
Duration Type: Permanent
Duration: Permanent
Regimen: - single administration
- single administration
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API): - calcium chloride dihydrate
- calcium chloride dihydrate
Multipurpose Preventive Technology (MPT): No
Status Details
Developer: Parsemus Foundation
Project Phase: Pre-Clinical and Clinical Development
Development Stage: Pre-clinical
Active Development: No
Status Details: - Previous research in rams and bulls. Current interest is in use in dogs as hormone-sparing sterilization method.
- Previous research in rams and bulls. Current interest is in use in dogs as hormone-sparing sterilization method.
Additional Information
References: Parsemus Foundation: https://www.parsemus.org/projects/calcium-chloride/
Parsemus Foundation: https://www.parsemus.org/projects/calcium-chloride/