NCT03834610

Daily Oral L-arginine Plus Tadalafil in Diabetic Patients With Erectile Dysfunction

Daily Oral L-arginine Plus Tadalafil in Diabetic Patients With Erectile Dysfunction: A Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aswan University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 35 Years – 56 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Tadalafil is an effective oral therapy in erectile dysfunction. L-arginine is a pro drug that increase the level of nitrous oxide in the smooth muscles so can increase the strength and duration of erection. this clinical trials compare the daily oral L-arginine plus tadalafil in treatment of erectile dysfunction in diabetic patients.

Conditions

• Erectile Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	L-arginine 5 gm oral caps	oral L-arginine 5 gm daily for 8 weeks
DRUG	Tadalafil 10 MG	oral daily tadalafil 10mg for 8 weeks
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	serum testosterone level	measurement of serum testosterone level
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	HbA1C	measurement of HbA1C levels
DEVICE	penile doppler	penile doppler to measure the degree of erection and penile vasculature

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-01
• Primary completion: 2018-10-01
• Completion: 2018-10-01
• First posted: 2019-02-08
• Last updated: 2019-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt