Sperm, Exposure and Endocrine Disruptors Study
This study is looking at how an educational program about endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) might affect men's sperm quality. The program, called "EDC Education Intervention," involves 14 online modules that teach you how to reduce your exposure to these chemicals. Researchers want to see if this program can improve your environmental health literacy (how much you know about EDCs and their impact), your readiness to make changes, and ultimately, your sperm count. To join, you need to be a man of reproductive age, in good health, a non-smoker, English-speaking, and have a low sperm count (total motile count below 20 million/ml) confirmed by a recent test. The study is currently unclear about its recruitment status and plans to enroll 100 participants.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study involving 100 participants, though it aims to have 60 complete the study. It is a randomized-controlled trial where some participants receive the educational intervention and others only receive a report about their EDC levels.
- What's involved
- If you are in the intervention group, you will complete at least 8 out of 14 online modules over 8 weeks, participate in an online forum, and attend coaching sessions. Your urinary EDC levels and semen quality will be measured before and after the intervention.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your environmental health literacy, sperm count, and readiness to change will be measured at 12 weeks after the start of the study.
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Sperm, Exposure and Endocrine Disruptors
At a glance
Conditions
NCT07703046
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Million Marker Wellness Inc.
Berkeley, Californiano site contact published
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Johanna Rochester, PhD · STUDY_DIRECTOR · Million Marker Wellness
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What this trial measures
- Change in Environmental Health Literacy12-weeks
This surveys assesses EDC-specific environmental health literacy, based on questions in a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree) or 1 (never) to 5 (always). Responses will be reverse coded during analysis as needed so that higher numbers reflect positive outcomes (higher EDC-EHL).
- Change in Sperm Count12 Weeks
Changes measured from Fellow Sperm Test- total motile count at the baseline and post intervention.
- Change in Readiness to Change12 weeks
The Readiness to Change question asks participants to choose the response (sentence) that most accurately describes their current efforts and interest in limiting their exposure to harmful chemicals. Responses will be coded from 1 to 5 with 5 reflecting greater readiness to reduce risky behaviors.
- Change in Metabolites12 weeks
Urinary EDC metabolites include bisphenols, phthalates, parabens and oxybenzone.