The effect of green tea on vomiting and diarrhea caused by pelvic or abdominal radiotherapy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- ausea and diarrhea induced by abdominal and pelvic radiation.Gastroenteritis and colitis due to radiation
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013052213433N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with cancer of the abdomen and pelvis (including the prostate, rectum, uterus, cervix, bladder, colon); are treated with a dose of 5000 cGy in the abdomen.
Exclusion Criteria
Chronic diarrhea; Abdominal and pelvic radiation therapy have been previously; Intestinal diseases such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis; Have not completed 6 weeks of treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea and vomiting. Timepoint: Baseline, seven days, fourteen days, twenty-one day, twenty-eighth day. Method of measurement: Based on Functional Living Emesis Index from 1 to 5.;Diarrhea. Timepoint: Baseline, seven days, fourteen days, twenty-one day, twenty-eighth day. Method of measurement: NCI criteria for defining diarrhea, version 3.0 is graded from zero to four.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method