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Dec. 19, 2022

July. 17, 2025

jRCTs041220107

A Single Group Study of the Effect of PQQ (Menicon) Administration on Sperm DNA Fragmentation in Male Infertile Patients (PQQ single group test)

Sperm DNA fragmentation single-group comparative study in patients using PQQ(Menicon) (PQQ single group test)

Takayama Erina

Mie university Hospital

2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie

+81-59-232-1111

erina-t@med.mie-u.ac.jp

Takeuchi Hiroki

Mie University Graduate School of Medicine

2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie

+81-59-232-1111

fertility-repro@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

Recruiting

Jan. 01, 2023

June. 13, 2025
50

Interventional

single arm study

open(masking not used)

active control

single assignment

treatment purpose

(1) Name of target disease and diagnostic method
The following diseases were diagnosed by semen analysis, oligozoospermia (less than 75 million sperms/mL), spermatozoasthenia (less than 50%), teratozoospermia (more than 95%), hyperspermia (containing more than 1 million per ml of white blood cells), pyospermia (containing more than 1 million per ml of white blood cells), and so on. hypospermia (less than 2.0 mL) and pyospermia (contains more than 1 million per ml of white blood cells), etc.
2) Age
18-60 years old
3) Gender
Male
4) Threshold based on laboratory values.
SDF rate of raw semen exceeds 16%.
5) Written patient consent
Written consent from the patient

1) Patients who are taking supplements or drugs that have the same effect as the antioxidant compound within 3 months prior to the start of study drug administration
2) Patients with severe oligozoospermia, spermatogenesis disorders (hypothalamic/pituitary disorders, varicocele, cryptorchidism, azoospermia, chromosomal abnormalities (Klinefelter syndrome, etc.), impaired sperm passage (azoospermia obliterans, retrograde disorder), or abnormal accessory genital organ function
3) Patients with diarrhea, vomiting or allergy (to soy ingredients) to therapeutic drugs
4) Patients with serious liver disease (AST (GOT) or ALT (GPT) exceeds 100 IU/L)
5) Patients who have participated in other clinical trials (investigational clinical trial) leading to improvement of semen findings within 3 months prior to the start of administration of the study drug
6) Subjects who are judged to be inappropriate as research subjects by the principal investigator or subinvestigator of the study.

18age old over
60age old under

Male

Oligospermia, spermatasthenia, teratozoospermia, hyperspermia, or pyospermia

Measure the SDF rate of original semen before and after taking the supplement "PQQ" in patients with poor semen findings, and investigate whether the SDF rate improves (decreases) after taking the supplement.

Binary SDF rate at 3 months post-treatment, divided by SDF rate below 16% and exceeds 16%.

SDF change, SDF change rate, semen findings (fluid volume, total sperm concentration, motility rate, malformation rate, motility)

Change = 3 months post-dose - pre-dose, Rate of change = (3 months post-dose - pre-dose)/pre-dose

Mie University Hospital Clinical Research Review
2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie, Mie

+81-59-231-5045

mie-crb@mo.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
Approval

Sept. 26, 2022

No

none

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