Comparison of the effect of Ceratonia siliqua fruit oral capsule and vitamin E in male infertility
- Conditions
- male infertility.male infertility
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016041027311N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Deputy of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 70
20-45 years; married infertile man for at least one year with idiopathic abnormal spermogram about number; motility and morphology according to the World Health Organization (sperm count Less than 20 million per milliliter,type A mobility less than 25 percent and type B mobility less than 50% and normal morphology less than 30% ); non-smoking and non-alcoholism and drug users; desire to participate in the study; the ability to read and write
Exclusion criteria:
Being azospermic; infection and anatomical abnormalities of the genital tract such as duct blockage; to develop a varicocele ; surgery or need to do pelvic region surgery; diseases as cancer, liver and gallbladder, diabetes, thyroid, kidney failure, uncontrolled hypertension, cerebral hemorrhage, retinal hemorrhage, unilateral testicular atrophy; history of chemotherapy drugs, corticosteroids, anticoagulation, testosterone, antiandrogen; taking any other chemical, or certain herbal infertility drugs during the project and in the last quarter; recent consumption of vitamin E
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sperm count. Timepoint: Before and three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Semen analysis.;Sperm motility. Timepoint: Before and three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Semen analysis.;Sperm morphology. Timepoint: Before and three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Semen analysis.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sexual function. Timepoint: Before and three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Sexual Function Questionnaire.;Side events. Timepoint: three months after intervention. Method of measurement: check list complete.;Satisfaction with treatment received. Timepoint: three months after intervention. Method of measurement: check list complete.