[Multi-centered clinical trial of Fufang Xuanju capsule for oligoasthenospermia]

Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2008 Aug;14(8):755-8.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To observe the efficacy of Fufang Xuanju Capsule in the treatment of oligoasthenospermia.

Methods: Using a multi-centered, open and self-controlled clinical trial, we treated 120 patients with oligoasthenospermia, with Fufang Xuanju Capsule for 12 weeks, and evaluated the efficacy of the capsule with sperm concentration and vitality (a + b) as the primary and the number of grade a sperm, sperm motility (a + b + c) and semen volume as the secondary therapeutic indexes.

Results: A total of 107 patients accomplished the clinical trial. Compared with pre-treatment, sperm density, vitality and motility were significantly improved after 4, 8 and 12 weeks of Fufang Xuanju treatment (P < 0.01). At 12 weeks, sperm concentration was increased by 63.28%, with 73 cases (68.22%) restored to normal, sperm vitality by 63. 17%, with 39 (36.45%) restored to normal, sperm motility by 44.36%, with 77 (71.96%) restored to normal, and the semen volume by 18.13%.

Conclusion: Fufang Xuanju Capsule can evidently improve the seminal quality of oligoasthenospermia patients.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • English Abstract
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Capsules
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Male / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Oligospermia / drug therapy*
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Sperm Count
  • Sperm Motility / drug effects
  • Spermatozoa / cytology
  • Spermatozoa / drug effects
  • Spermatozoa / physiology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Capsules
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • fufang xuanju