Participation in Testosterone Study/Survey

**chankle** · 03-07-2015, 12:40 PM

First, I apologize for posting this without contacting moderators first. I wasn't able to find a private message function on this forum. With previous forums I have contacted mods, gotten approval, then posted the study.

Thank you for viewing this post. I'm a 4th year Urology resident performing a study concerning the current usage patterns of testosterone , associated AAS, and potential side effects including fertility outcomes. To be a candidate for the study you must be a male (18+) with a history of testosterone use (in any form with or without other AAS) for any period of time. People providing their own TRT/HRT are encouraged to participate, but those on TRT/HRT with physician guidance are excluded. This is not an anti-steroid study, we are merely looking at usage patterns, reasons for use, and our primary interest is future fertility since we see many similar patients in clinic. The study is an anonymous 5 minute survey. No future contact will be made with study participants and there's no legal liability. I would greatly appreciate your time and participation. Feel free to post any questions in this thread and I will address them as promptly as possible. When the results are in and I have the manuscript written, I'll be sure to share them with all participating forums.

The study is currently posted on 1 AAS forum, 2 bodybuilding forums, and 1 HRT/TRT forum. In addition it has been distributed widely in my local area. I have accrued ~200 participants as of this morning.

Contemporary Usage Of Testosterone – Cohort Description, Utilization Patterns, And Adverse Effects

Thank you for taking the below linked survey. The study protocol has been approved by our Institutional Review Board (IRB). Your answers are anonymous, confidential, and free of legal liability. No future contact will be made regarding the study.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/testosterone_use

Sincerely,
Chankle

**chankle** · 03-10-2015, 05:35 PM

Wanted to bump this up. This is the first forum without any posts concerning the study. Thanks for participating if you did. I'm up to 215 participants. Hoping for 300 before shutting it down and writing the paper. Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns.

**chankle** · 04-22-2015, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by chankle

Wanted to bump this up. This is the first forum without any posts concerning the study. Thanks for participating if you did. I'm up to 215 participants. Hoping for 300 before shutting it down and writing the paper. Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns.

Bumping the threads on all participating forums 1 last time. I need 15 more to complete the study. Thank you to all those who have participated. Expect the manuscript and data in the next couple of months. Please take the survey posted in the first post to finish up the last 15 if you have time.

Greatly Appreciated,
Chankle

**Bonaparte** · 04-22-2015, 09:00 PM

I'm calling bullshit on this entire thing.
I doubt any legitimate university-approved "studies" are being conducted on survey-monkey.com
If you are telling the truth, you should have no problem revealing your real name, school, and any other info we ask for.

**chankle** · 07-19-2015, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Bonaparte

I'm calling bullshit on this entire thing.
I doubt any legitimate university-approved "studies" are being conducted on survey-monkey.com
If you are telling the truth, you should have no problem revealing your real name, school, and any other info we ask for.

Unfortunately you're incorrect and the study has IRB approval at our center. I've accrued all needed participants and am in the midst of writing the first paper to come of the data. Thank you for your interest.