A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Pomegranate Juice on Semen Parameters in Healthy Male Volunteers

POM Wonderful

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 1

Conditions

Male Infertility

Treatments

Dietary Supplement: Pomegranate juice

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT01595308

2010-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

How daily consumption of pomegranate juice affects the concentration, morphology or motility of sperm in healthy men.

Full description

To determine, in this pilot study, whether daily consumption of pomegranate juice (POM) affects the concentration, morphology or motility of sperm in healthy men. The purpose of the present pilot study is to examine the hypothesis that POM may improve semen parameters in men.

Enrollment

12 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18 to 40 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

12 healthy men aged 18-40
normal sperm counts

Exclusion criteria

History of undescended testes or surgery to the scrotal contents,
History of marijuana or alcohol abuse, hot tub usage at least 3 months prior to entry into the study
No alpha adrenergic medications within two weeks of entry into the study,
No anabolic steroid use,
No anticholinergic or antimuscarinic drugs, use of colchicine, cimetidine, sulfasalazine, antipsychotics, antidepressants, immunosuppressive drugs prior use of any chemotherapeutic drugs, or UTI on screening visit.