Effect of Dietary DHA Supplementation on Sperm Quality

Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, IVI VALENCIA

Status: Completed

Conditions: SPERM

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Sunflower oil; Dietary Supplement: Docosahexanoic acid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01368484

IVI MUR 005-2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is evaluated the effect of dietetic supplementation with DHA on human sperm quality, antioxidant capacity and sperm DNA damage.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: Male

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of male factor.

Exclusion criteria

• Metabolic and genetic diseases.
• Oncological patients.
• Patients with anticoagulants treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Sunflower oil

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Sunflower oil

Docosahexanoic acid

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Docosahexanoic acid