FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION & SEMEN QUALITY TRIAL (FASST)

本试验的总体目标是确定膳食中补充叶酸和锌的干预措施是否能改善接受不孕症治疗的夫妇的精液质量和不孕症治疗结果。如果有效和安全，这种干预措施将对公共卫生产生相当大的影响，并为临床医生提供一个简单而廉价的治疗选择，以治疗精液质量欠佳的男性。下面的研究目标是成功实现总体研究目标的基础。

The overarching goal of this trial is to determine if an intervention comprising dietary folate and zinc supplementation improves semen quality and infertility treatment outcomes among couples undergoing infertility treatment. If efficacious and safe, such an intervention would have considerable public health impact and afford clinicians a simple and inexpensive treatment option for men with suboptimal semen quality. The following study objective underlie successful attainment of the overarching research goal.