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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2007 Oct;88(4):860-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.019. Epub 2007 Jun 4.

Alterations in sperm motility after acute oral administration of sildenafil or tadalafil in young, infertile men

Giorgio Pomara  1 , Girolamo Morelli, Domenico Canale, Paolo Turchi, Carolina Caglieresi, Cecilia Moschini, Giovanni Liguori, Cesare Selli, Enrico Macchia, Enio Martino, Francesco Francesca
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Alterations in sperm motility after acute oral administration of sildenafil or tadalafil in young, infertile men

Giorgio Pomara et al. Fertil Steril. 2007 Oct.
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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the acute effect of sildenafil and tadalafil on seminal parameters in young, infertile patients.

Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blind, crossover clinical investigation on semen parameters after the administration of a single dose of sildenafil (50 mg) or tadalafil (20 mg).

Setting: An academic hospital as well as a male infertility center and clinical andrology laboratories.

Patient(s): Eighteen young, infertile men.

Intervention(s): Oral administration of a single dose of sildenafil (50 mg) or tadalafil (20 mg) in a blind, randomized order. The semen samples were collected 1 or 2 hours after each treatment.

Main outcome measure(s): Changes in sperm parameters after sildenafil and tadalafil administration, compared with the basal conditions.

Result(s): A significant increase in sperm progressive motility (median value, 37.0% vs. 28.5%) was observed after sildenafil administration as compared with baseline; in contrast, a significant decreased value was observed after tadalafil (median value, 21.5% vs. 28.5%).

Conclusion(s): These preliminary results indicate that sperm motility appears to be acutely affected in young, infertile patients by a single dose of sildenafil and tadalafil, with opposite effects: stimulatory by the former and inhibitory by the latter.

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