Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT02752555
Severe Male Factor Infertility Management
Investigating the Effect of Modifiable Lifestyle Factors in Severe Oligoasthenotertozoospermic Men Combined With Antioxidant Treatment Prior ICSI
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Benha University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 20 Years – 39 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study is the first to evaluate the effect of oral supplementation with antioxidants combined with lifestyle modification for severe male factor partner of couples undergoing ICSI.
Detailed description
Patients underwent a therapy of a three-month period of treatment with either oral L-carnitine only (2g daily) or oral carnitine (2g daily) combined with modifiable lifestyle factors.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Antioxidant (l-cratinine) + modifiable lifestyle factors | All participants were subjected to the same three-month period treatment protocol, which included 1) antioxidant treatment with L-Carnitine (2g daily); 2) frequent ejaculation every 2 days; and 3) minimizing adverse lifestyle factors. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-12-01
- First posted
- 2016-04-27
- Last updated
- 2016-11-28
Locations
3 sites across 1 country: Egypt
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02752555. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.