Effect of Omega 3 Fats on Sperm Quality and Sexual Function

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2007-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

This study compares the effects of omega 3 fats plus folic acid with placebo plus folic acid on sperm quality and sexual function in infertile men. It will also evaluate the effects on sexual fuction of a sub-therapeutic dose of a PDE 5 inhibitor versus placebo in subjects continuing on both omega 3 fats and folic acid.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Reproductive Partners Medical Group
• Treatments: Folic Acid; Vitamin B Complex

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• infertile men

• age 35 to 55

• expressing difficulty timing relations to their partner's ovulation

Exclusion Criteria:

• hypertension, heart disease or other systemic diseases

• fatty fish intake more than twice per week

• marked semen abnormalities (less than 10 million sperm per ml, less than 20 % A plus B motility, more than 1 million WBC per HPF)

• use of anticoagulants

• must be willing to not take PDE 5 inhibitors during the study

• use of other supplements is prohibited during the study