# Role of the Toxic Metal Cadmium in the Mechanism Producing Infertility With a Varicocele

> **NCT00044369** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)** · enrollment: 400 (—)

## Conditions studied

- Varicocele
- Male Infertility
- Hypospermatogenesis
- Non-Obstructive Azoospermia

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Varicocele repair

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00044369
- **Lead sponsor:** National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2000-05
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2005-04
- **Target enrollment:** 400 (—)
- **Last updated:** 2006-09-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00044369

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00044369, "Role of the Toxic Metal Cadmium in the Mechanism Producing Infertility With a Varicocele". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00044369. Licensed CC0.

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