title: Evaluation of semen quality following kallikrein treatment.
abstract: 30 asthenozoospermic subfertile men were treated parenterally for 30 months with kallikrein. 20 men showed a significant increase in sperm motility, 66% (responders), while the other 10 men, 34% (non-responders), did not respond to this treatment. A striking decrease in sperm concentration (by 32%) was found in most patients. No latent period was found following kallikrein treatment. Thus, semen quality did not differ if examined immediately following the cessation of treatment or a few weeks afterwards. A poor pregnancy rate was recorded, i.e. 20% among the responders and 10% among the non-responders. In conclusion, kallikrein is a useful drug in the treatment of asthenozoospermia only when the sperm concentration is not decreased below the optimal value.
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D007610:Kallikreins