Hepatic Enzymes, Psychological Measures, and Sexual Dysfunction Responses to Aerobic Exercise in Hepatitis-C Men

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Erectile Dysfunction; Hepatitis C

Treatments: Behavioral: exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05624086

P.T.REC/012/004114

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a systematic disease that affects several aspects of patients' well-being, including physical, mental, social, and sexual quality of life. In recent years, this clinical trial aims to search the Response of Hepatic Enzymes, Psychological Measures, and Sexual Dysfunction to Aerobic Exercise in Hepatitis Men With Sexual Dysfunction Complaint

Full description

Hepatitis Men With Sexual Dysfunction (erectile dysfunction) Complaint (n=46) will be randomized randomly to 23-men exercise-training (one hour walking on treadmill, for 3 months, three walking sessions per the week) hepatitis-C group or 23-men waiting-hepatitis-C group.

Enrollment: 46 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 35 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• men with hepatitis C men diagnosis
• men with sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction)

Exclusion criteria

• obesity , men with cardiac/thoracic/systemic diseases, drugs for sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercised group

Experimental group

Description:

In this group, Hepatitis-C Men With Sexual Dysfunction (erectile dysfunction) Complaint (n=23) will receive exercise-training sessions (one hour walking on treadmill, for 3 months, three walking sessions per the week)

Treatment:

Behavioral: exercise

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

in this group, Hepatitis-C Men With Sexual Dysfunction (erectile dysfunction) Complaint (n=23) will act as a control (waitlist) group that will receive no trainning