The Effect of Lycopene and FruHis supplementation on serum levels of PSA in BPH patients
- Conditions
- Benign Prostate Hyperplasia.Benign neoplasm of prostateD29.1
- Registration Number
- IRCT20190522043669N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Patients with BPH, whose disease is diagnosed by an urologist, range in age from 50 to 75 years.
a serum PSA level between 4-10 ng / ml and have a negative DRE test.
Negative DRE test.
Use of Finasteride or other anti-androgen drugs for the last 6 months.
Prostate cancer and other malignancies such as skin, myeloma and bladder cancers.
Chronic diseases such as severe liver disease and renal failure.
Bladder and kidney stones.
Lycopene supplementation in the last 6 months
Any allergies and sensitivities to tomatoes or tomato products
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Serum PSA Levels. Timepoint: at the baseline and end of intervention. Method of measurement: Immuno Chemi Luminance.;Serum free-PSA Levels. Timepoint: at the baseline and end of intervention. Method of measurement: Immuno Chemi Luminance.;Serum IGF-1 Levels. Timepoint: at the baseline and end of intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of illness. Timepoint: at the baseline and end of intervention. Method of measurement: International Prostate Symptom Score(IPSS) questionnaire.;Quality of life. Timepoint: at the baseline and end of intervention. Method of measurement: International Prostate Symptom Score(IPSS) questionnaire.