A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Pomegranate Juice on Semen Parameters in Healthy Male Volunteers

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Male Infertility

In brief

How daily consumption of pomegranate juice affects the concentration, morphology or motility of sperm in healthy men.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01595308

Run by

POM Wonderful LLC

People needed

12

Starts

2011-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-05-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 12 healthy men aged 18-40
• normal sperm counts

You may not qualify if…

• History of undescended testes or surgery to the scrotal contents,
• History of marijuana or alcohol abuse, hot tub usage at least 3 months prior to entry into the study
• No alpha adrenergic medications within two weeks of entry into the study,
• No anabolic steroid use,
• No anticholinergic or antimuscarinic drugs, use of colchicine, cimetidine, sulfasalazine, antipsychotics, antidepressants, immunosuppressive drugs prior use of any chemotherapeutic drugs, or UTI on screening visit.

Where it is running

• Clinical Trials Program at University of California — Los Angeles, California, United States

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