Priority 10 from the Contraception PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: Are there effective new methods of contraception available for men? (JLA PSP Priority 10) | |
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| Overall ranking | 10 |
| JLA question ID | 0049/10 |
| Explanatory note | About 1 in five women attending community sexual health clinics use condoms as their primary method. This is the only method men who wish to avoid paternity have. Men can not get pregnant so risks benefits of contraception are different than for women, but men should have access to methods of contraception so that they too have choice of when and whether to become a parent. There are no imminently promising methods on the horizon. |
| Evidence |
Steroid hormones for contraception in men. David A Grimes, Laureen M Lopez, Maria F Gallo, Vera Halpern, Kavita Nanda, Kenneth F Schulz: CDSR March 2012. PROSPERO SR Neena Qasba, Brian Nguyen. Combined hormonal contraception methods for men to achieve severe oligozoospermia for male contraception. http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42016051284 start Oct 2016, completion anticipated June 2017. |
| Health Research Classification System category | Reproductive Health and Childbirth |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples |
“There is very little information for men on hormonal methods of contraception. Almost all of it is aimed at women not men. It can make it quite hard for a man to be informed” (Patient) |
| Submitted by | Healthcare Professionals x 0~Patients x 3~Both x 0 |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0049 |
| PSP name | Contraception |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 57 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 21 April 2017 |