Efficacy of Aloe Vera gel in systolic heart failure
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Systolic heart failure.Chronic systolic (congestive) heart failureI50.22
- Registration Number
- IRCT20190803044426N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 26
Inclusion Criteria
Written informed consent
Age: 18 years or above
Systolic heart failure disease with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction =40% or Symptomatic chronic heart failure NYHA class II-III.
Patients willing to continue their standard continuing heart medications which prescribed by cardiologist
Ambulatory systolic heart failure patients in stable condition (no hospitalization during the trial and no planned surgery)
Exclusion Criteria
Pregnancy
Breast feeding
Hypersensitivity to Aloe Vera
Chronic Inflammatory disease
Collagen vascular disease
History of peptic ulcer
Acute infectious disease
Decompensated heart failure
Chronic liver disease
Chronic renal failure
Hemorrhoids
Malignancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of Life Score in the Minnesota Questionnaire. Timepoint: Measure the quality of life score at the beginning of study(before intervention)and one week after taking Aloe Vera gel. Method of measurement: Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method