Effects of Plant Extracts on Semen Quality
An Extract of Pomegranate Fruit and Galangal Rhizome Increases the Numbers of Motile Sperm: A Prospective, Randomised, Controlled, Double-Blinded Trial
An Extract of Pomegranate Fruit and Galangal Rhizome Increases the Numbers of Motile Sperm: A Prospective, Randomised, Controlled, Double-Blinded Trial
Sponsor study identifier
interventional
70
1 country
1
Study Start
May 2011
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
December 2012
Actual (reported)Study Completion
July 2013
Actual (reported)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.
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July 2013
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May 2011
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
May 17, 2011
Actual (reported)May 20, 2011
Actual (reported)December 2012
Actual (reported)July 2013
Actual (reported)Count of motile sperm per ejaculate
Each participant is given plant extract for three months with flanking semen analyses.
Morphology: percentage of morphologically abnormal sperm in the ejaculate
Each participant is given plant extract for three months with flanking semen analyses.
Tablets, two in the morning and two in the evening
Tablets, two in the morning and two in the evening
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Laboratory of Reproductive Biology
Horsens, 8700, Denmark
Fedder MD, Jakobsen HB, Giversen I, Christensen LP, Parner ET, Fedder J. An extract of pomegranate fruit and galangal rhizome increases the numbers of motile sperm: a prospective, randomised, controlled, double-blinded trial. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 2;9(9):e108532. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108532. eCollection 2014.
70 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
May 17, 2011
First Posted
May 20, 2011
Study Start
May 2011
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
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Primary Completion
December 2012
Actual (reported)Study Completion
July 2013
Actual (reported)Last Updated
October 9, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-10
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