Study the Effect of Oral Zinc Supplementation on High Molecular Weight Zinc Binding Protein in Semen

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• Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
• Main ID: NCT01612403
• Date of registration: 01/06/2012
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: mahmoud hussein hadwan
• Public title: Study the Effect of Oral Zinc Supplementation on High Molecular Weight Zinc Binding Protein in Semen supplement
• Scientific title: Study the Effect of Oral Zinc Supplementation on High Molecular Weight Zinc Binding Protein in Semen
• Date of first enrolment: July 2011
• Target sample size: 37
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01612403
• Study type: Observational
• Study design: Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Retrospective
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Iraq

Contacts

• Name: mahmoud H. hadwan, Dr.
• Affiliation: babylon university / Iraq

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

The inclusion criteria were the presence of asthenozoospermia in the semen sample.

Exclusion Criteria:

- the absence of endocrinopathy,

- varicocele, and

- female factor infertility. Smokers and alcoholic men were excluded from the study
because of their recognized high seminal ROS levels and decreased antioxidant levels.



Age minimum: 27 Years
Age maximum: 35 Years
Gender: Male

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Asthenozoospermia

Intervention(s)

Dietary Supplement: zinc sulfate

Primary Outcome(s)

high molecular weight zinc binding protein [Time Frame: at the end of three months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

qualitative semen parameters [Time Frame: at the end of three months]

Secondary ID(s)

babil-1

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors