Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Supplementation for Male Subfertility

Lead Sponsor:

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Collaborating Sponsors:

One Fertility

Conditions:

Male Infertility

Eligibility:

MALE

25-50 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Old age, obesity, physical inactivity, environmental factors and genetics may contribute negatively to fertility in both males and females. In males, specifically, certain supplements, such as single ...

Detailed Description

BACKGROUND: Infertility is characterized by the failure to become pregnant after one year of regular intercourse without the use of contraceptives and impacts 10-15% of couples worldwide. Both male an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Males between the ages of 25-50 years diagnosed with subfertility through Ontario Networks of Experts in Fertility (ONE Fertility, Burlington, ON).
  • For diagnosis of male subfertility, the 2010 and 2021 World Health Organization criteria will be used for sperm count, motility, morphology and vitality.
  • Overweight and obese males according to body mass index (BMI) between the ages of 25-50 years.

Exclusion

  • Smoking,
  • history and drug alcohol abuse,
  • BMI \> 30 kg/m2,
  • genital disease (cryptorchidism, current genital inflammation, or varicocele),
  • genital trauma or surgery to the male reproductive system,
  • known Y chromosome microdeletions or karyotype abnormalities (if known prior),
  • hepatobiliary disease,
  • significant renal insufficiency,
  • occupational exposures to reproductive toxins,
  • endocrine abnormality,
  • recent or current sexually transmitted infection,
  • use of cytotoxic drugs,
  • use of immunosuppressants,
  • use of anticonvulsants,
  • use of androgens or antiandrogens,
  • history of central nervous system injury,
  • neurological or psychiatric disease to potentially compromise study data collection,
  • treatment of erectile dysfunction with any drugs during the past 4 weeks,
  • history of cancer chemotherapy,
  • current supplementation with ingredients being tested unless 1-month washout period

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 2 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

64 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06091969

Start Date

January 1 2025

End Date

February 2 2026

Last Update

October 10 2024

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Mark Tarnopololsky

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5