HOPE: Clinical Trials and Other Promises on the Horizon

[BrokenPiston]

The intent of this thread is to list out the most interesting / hopeful advances that seem plausible in say the next 5 years. Maybe it can become a sticky. It could be research in the lab or in clinical trial. I make no promises but I could at least offer to try to expand my starting list below as people reply here or I stumble into things, either at FrankTalk or elsewhere. In no order, here's my list as of now:

1) Targeted cell repair implants (research done on rabbits): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16192-x
2) Botox! (phase II trial, apparently) https://www.franktalk.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16546&hilit=botox
3) 3D-printed "device" (clinical trial at Stanford, not sure what it really is, my only guess is customized (size, shape?) open cock rings) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04624126
4) Hyperbaric oxygen (rich oxygenated air delivered in a high-pressure chamber) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-018-0023-9
5) Platelet-rich plasma injection aka the p-shot. Several clinical trials, available commercially quite a bit e.g. https://phoenixmenshealthcenter.com/2019/02/07/priapus-shot-frequently-asked-questions/. The scientific research results are still forthcoming.
6) Stents to boost arterial blood flow into penis. Article (I choose this one over the link in the thread I also link): https://www.tctmd.com/news/zen-published-pelvic-artery-stenting-helps-treat-erectile-dysfunction-some. Discussion: https://www.franktalk.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11438

[JustAnotherYouth]

I'm really excited to see the preliminary results from a study conducted by Dr. Atala and the Wake Forest institute of regenerative medicine next spring. They're actually trying to grow a new corpora and tunica around a donor scaffold from cells harvested from the patients themselves. It's being funded by the US. department of defense so it can't be total BS I reckon. They've already conducted experiments successfully with rabbits.

the clinical trial:

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03463239

rabbit penises:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840474/

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovat ... in-rabbits

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technolog ... en-4388796

[Flavio]

Hyperbaric oxygen shows great promise.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30089290/

[BrokenPiston]

Hyperbaric oxygen shows great promise.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30089290/

Cool! In the trial they treated men for 90 minutes 5 days/wk for 8 wks, so there’s time to invest. Hyperbaric oxygen (rich oxygenated air delivered in a high-pressure chamber) is historically for treating deep scuba divers, but is also getting some airplay (hah) in alternative medicine. So it might be available near you. Good full article:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-018-0023-9

[Simbarn]

Hyperbaric oxygen shows great promise.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30089290/

Tried to find the full study for this but only the abstract is easily obtainable. You can't really make any judgements until you read the full paper.

[BrokenPiston]

Injecting your own platelet-rich plasma (PRP) could have some regenerative effects give high concentrations of endothelial growth factor. It is the topic of several clinical trials and also available commercially (the Priapus or P-Shot). https://phoenixmenshealthcenter.com/2019/02/07/priapus-shot-frequently-asked-questions/

[passerarf]

Maybe my brain is just fried at the moment, but FORTY daily hyperbaric sessions at 90 minutes each makes no sense. That would require a 60 hour day....what am I missing!?