Evaluation of the effect of squill oxymel In asthma
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Asthma.asthma
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014111119912N1
- Lead Sponsor
- College of Traditional Medicine of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 51
Inclusion Criteria
Age 18 to 70 years; asthma patients with moderate to severe asthma who have clinical criteria include: FEV1 between 40% to 80% of the predicted and asthma that was insufficiently controlled despite treatment with medium or high dose inhaled corticosteroids; treated with conventional drugs; Lack of pregnancy; Lack of breastfeeding; Lack of the use other herbal medicines; Lack of active peptic ulcer and cardiovascular disease (especially heart block) or renal disease; Not concomitant use of anticoagulant; Non-smoking.
Exclusion criteria: Add or remove the drugs that interferes with asthma (such as NSAIDs); Infections leading to hospitalization; the patient's unwillingness to continue treatment.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Asthma quality of life. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention (end of week 6). Method of measurement: St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ).;FEV1. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention (end of week 6). Method of measurement: Spirometry testing.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method FEV1/FVC. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention (end of week 6). Method of measurement: Spirometry testing.;RV (Residual Volume). Timepoint: Before and after the intervention (end of week 6). Method of measurement: body box plethysmography.;TLC (total lung capacity). Timepoint: Before and after the intervention (end of week 6). Method of measurement: body box plethysmography.;RV/TLC. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention (end of week 6). Method of measurement: body box plethysmography.;RAW total (Resistance Air Way total). Timepoint: Before and after the intervention (end of week 6). Method of measurement: body box plethysmography.;RAW in, ex (Resistance Air Way). Timepoint: Before and after the intervention (end of week 6). Method of measurement: body box plethysmography.