U.S., July 29 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07731802) titled 'Finasteride and Cutibacterium' on July 23.
Brief Summary: High levels of Testosterone causes high amounts of skin bacteria (Cutibacterium Acnes) which can go into the skin during a shoulder replacement surgery and cause a terrible infection.
The goal of this experiment is to have participants take Finasteride, a medication that blocks testosterone production, for 2 weeks and evaluate the following:
* Blood levels of testosterone
* Amount of bacteria on the skin.
Participants will:
* Be assigned to take Finasteride, or a placebo (a look-alike pill with no active medicine) once daily, for 2 weeks
* Have a small sample of their b...