# The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Spermatogenesis

> **NCT03725696** · — · TERMINATED · sponsor: **The Cleveland Clinic** · enrollment: 25 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Bariatric Surgery Candidate
- Sexual Function and Fertility Disorders

## Interventions

- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Semen Analysis
- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Hormonal panel
- **PROCEDURE:** RYGB Gastric Bypass
- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** IIEF Survey

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03725696
- **Lead sponsor:** The Cleveland Clinic
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2018-11-01
- **Primary completion:** 2019-07-31
- **Final completion:** 2020-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 25 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** •Terminated: Study halted prematurely and will not resume; participants are no longer being examined or receiving intervention
- **Last updated:** 2021-04-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03725696

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03725696, "The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Spermatogenesis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03725696. Licensed CC0.

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