- For women of childbearing potential and men who may father children, use of an acceptable method of contraception to prevent pregnancy and agreement to continue to practice an acceptable method of contraception for the duration of their participation in the study (the following methods of contraception are acceptable: condom; abstinence; oral, implantable or injectable contraceptives by the sexual partner; IUD, female condom, diaphragm with spermicide, cervical cap; a sterile sexual partner)