Hepatic Enzymes, Psychological Measures, and Sexual Dysfunction Responses to Aerobic Exercise in Hepatitis-C Men

Hepatitis C Clinical Trial

Official title:

Is There a Response of Hepatic Enzymes, Psychological Measures, and Sexual Dysfunction to Aerobic Exercise in Men With Sexual Dysfunction Complaint and Hepatitis C

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05624086
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/004114
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 15, 2022
• Est. completion date: April 15, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Ali Ismail, lecturer
• Phone: 02 01005154209
• Email: ali.mohamed[@]pt.cu.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a systematic disease that affects several aspects of patients' well-being, including physical, mental, social, and sexual quality of life. In recent years, this clinical trial aims to search the Response of Hepatic Enzymes, Psychological Measures, and Sexual Dysfunction to Aerobic Exercise in Hepatitis Men With Sexual Dysfunction Complaint

Description:

Hepatitis Men With Sexual Dysfunction (erectile dysfunction) Complaint (n=46) will be randomized randomly to 23-men exercise-training (one hour walking on treadmill, for 3 months, three walking sessions per the week) hepatitis-C group or 23-men waiting-hepatitis-C group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 46
• Est. completion date: April 15, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: April 15, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 35 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• men with hepatitis C men diagnosis

• men with sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction)

Exclusion Criteria:

• obesity , men with cardiac/thoracic/systemic diseases, drugs for sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Erectile Dysfunction
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis C

Intervention

Behavioral:
• exercise
Hepatitis-C Men With Sexual Dysfunction (erectile dysfunction) Complaint will receive exercise-training sessions (one hour walking on treadmill, for 3 months, three walking sessions per the week)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Cairo Unoversity	Giza

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5)	it will assess the sexual dysfunction in men	It will be measured after 12 weeks of training
Secondary	alanine transaminase	it is an enzyme of liver will assess the liver funtions	It will be measured after 12 weeks of training
Secondary	aspartate transaminase	it is an enzyme of liver will assess the liver funtions	It will be measured after 12 weeks of training
Secondary	Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale	it is a questionnaire that will assess Self-Esteem	It will be measured after 12 weeks of training
Secondary	Profile of Mood States	it is a questionnaire that will assess mood of men	It will be measured after 12 weeks of training
Secondary	depression inventory of Beck	it is a questionnaire that will assess depression of men	It will be measured after 12 weeks of training