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Register:	ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on:	19 February 2015
Main ID:	NCT01684059
Date of registration:	09/09/2012
Prospective Registration:	No
Primary sponsor:	Babylon University
Public title:	Study the Effect of Oral Zinc Supplementation on Enzymes of Nitric Oxide Pathway
Scientific title:	Study the Effect of Oral Zinc Supplementation on Enzymes of Nitric Oxide Pathway
Date of first enrolment:	July 2011
Target sample size:	60
Recruitment status:	Completed
URL:	http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01684059
Study type:	Observational
Study design:	Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Retrospective
Phase:	N/A

Countries of recruitment
Iraq

Contacts

Name:	Lamia A. Almashhedy, phD
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Affiliation:	Babylon university/Iraq

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

Name:	abdulrrazaq S. Alsalman, phD
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Affiliation:	Babylon university/Iraq

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 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)

Nitric oxide synthase activity [Time Frame: at the end of three months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Arginase activity [Time Frame: at the end of three months]

Secondary ID(s)

Babil-2

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Ministry of health/Iraq

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