Effects of Plant Extracts on Semen Quality

Horsens Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Poor Semen Quality

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Extracts of Punica granatum and Alpinia galanga; Dietary Supplement: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01357044

LRB-SU-010

Details and patient eligibility

About

this is a prospective randomized placebo-controlled double-blinded trial investigating the effect of plant extracts from Alpinia galanga and Punica granatum on human semen quality. The investigators hypothesize that these plant extracts will improve semen quality.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Reduced semen quality

Exclusion criteria

• Total count of motile sperm less than 1 million sperm/ejaculate or more than 200 million sperm/ejaculate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Plant extracts

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Extracts of Punica granatum and Alpinia galanga

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Placebo