Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03405753
Potential Health Effects of Aronia Intake
Effects of Aronia Berry on Oxidative Stress, Cholesterol, Blood Pressure and Semen Quality
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 109 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 25 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Intervention cross-over study during which participants receive standardized amounts of aronia berry tablets or placebo for three months, then wash out for three months, then aronia tablets or placebo for three months. The potential health effects are investigated. Following parameters are measured before and after each period of tablet intake: 1) Blood pressure, 2) Lipid fractions, 3) Testosterone, 4) Phase II markers, 5) HbA1c, 6) HSCRP, 7) F2-isoprostanes, and 8) semen quality.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Aronia, washout and then placebo | Three tablets three times à day for three months then washout for three months, then three placebo tablets three times à day for three months. Blood samples and semen samples collected before and after each period of tablet intake. |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Placebo, washout and then aronia | Three tablets three times à day for three months, then washout for three months, then three aronia tablets three times à day for three months. Blood samples and semen samples collected before and after each period of tablet intake. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-12-31
- Completion
- 2022-12-31
- First posted
- 2018-01-23
- Last updated
- 2023-11-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Denmark
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03405753. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.