Supplement effect of Cherukurinja (Gymnema lactiferum) on glycemic control and on selected biochemical and physiological parameters among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2016/007
- Lead Sponsor
- Teaching Hospital Jaffna
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow up continuing
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adult patients aged 18 years and above diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (according to WHO criteria)
2. Controlled on oral anti-diabetic medication
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients on any medication known to affect glycaemic control (e.g. thiazide diuretics, steroids, oral contraceptive pill, frusemide, beta blockers etc.)
2. End stage organ failure
3. Diagnosed psychiatric illness
4. Pregnancy
5. Breast feeding
6. Patients who have already taken either Cherukurinja Herbal Tea or Green Tea or both in the past
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)<br> [FPG: At baseline, end of 1st, 2nd and 3rd months and at the end of 6 months.<br><br>]<br>HbA1c [HbA1c: At baseline, end of 3rd month and end of 6th month.]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ipid profile<br><br> [At baseline, end of 3rd and 6th months<br><br>]<br>Blood pressure [At baseline and end of 2nd, 3rd and 6th month.]<br>Body weight [At baseline and end of 2nd, 3rd and 6th month.]<br>