This invention provides compounds of formula Ia, and/or salts thereof,pharmaceuticalcompositions comprising a compound of formula Ia, and a pharmaceuticallyacceptableexcipient, methods of modulating the androgen receptor, methods of treatingdiseasesbeneficially treated by an androgen receptor modulator (e.g., sarcopenia,prostate cancer,contraception, type 2 diabetes related disorders or diseases, anemia,depression, and renaldisease) and processes for making these compounds.(see formula Ia)
