A clinical trial to study activity and safety of Ayurvedic formulation containing Ashwagadha and Haridra in patients freshly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2008/091/000053
- Lead Sponsor
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Patients satisfying all the following criteria are included in the study:
1.Patients of either sex between the age group 18 to 60 years (both inclusive).
2.Patients who are freshly diagnosed as suffering from Type 2 Diabetes mellitus not on any oral hypoglycemic agent.
3.Patients with HbA1c between 7.0-9.5 %.
4.Patients ready to abide by trial procedures and to give informed consent.
A.1. Patients suffering from any of the following conditions will be excluded from the study:
a.Type 1 diabetes mellitus
b.Patients with severe hyperglycemia (FBS >234 mg% or PPBS > 360 mg%)
c.Patients with fasting serum cholesterol >260mg% and serum Triglycerides>300 mg%.
d.Patients with HbA1c more than 9.5 %.
e.Patients with ASAT and ALT levels greater than 2.5 times the upper normal limits
f.Severe renal, hepatic or respiratory disorder.
g.Patients with psychiatric disorder.
h.Patients with haematological disorders
i.History of smoking (more than 10 cigarettes/day) or alcohol intake > 20 gm/day.
j.Complications of diabetes such as
•Proliferative type retinopathy
•Nephropathy with laboratory values greater than 1.5 times the upper normal limits
•Presence of ketone bodies in urine analysis
•Ischemic heart disease with any cardiac event in last 6 months
•Fasting serum cholesterol >260mg. % and serum Triglycerides >300 mg%.
2.Patients with BMI >35 kg/m2
3.Patients who are likely to undergo surgery during the study period.
4.Patients who have participated in any investigational study in the last 4 weeks.
5.Patients having known hypersensitivity to the study drugs.
6.Patients with any severe infection
7.Patients with a history of intake of ANY Ayurvedic/herbal/homeopathic/dietary supplements (including Vitamin E) or any alternative therapies in the last one month
B. Pregnant or lactating females and women in child bearing age refusing to use contraceptives.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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