Improved Effects of Myo-inositol in Association With Alpha-lactalbumin in PCOS Women
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 37
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Restoration of ovulation
研究概览
简要总结
PCOS patients are initially treated with 2 g myo-inositol and 0.2 mg folic acid, two times per day by oral route, for three months. Among them, the subjects who have not ovulated despite this treatment are administered with 2g myo-inositol and 0.2 mg folic acid plus 50 mg α-lactalbumin for three months. Most of them improve and achieve ovulation. Therefore, the combination of α-lactalbumin with myo-inositol allows to get a significant result in the treatment of PCOS patients.
详细描述
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a complex chronic condition inducing several related disorders, such as subfertility and pregnancy complications. So far myo-inositol, successfully used in PCOS, has not been always effective in all patients. Aiming at overcoming this drawback, we tested a new formulation with myo-inositol and α-lactalbumin, in consideration of the effects exerted by α-lactalbumin in favoring molecule passage among body compartments, and also in consideration of its anti-inflammatory activity.
Only PCOS patients, according to Rotterdam ESHRE-ASRM criteria, with anovulation and infertility > 1 year, were included in the study. Following a treatment with 2 g myo-inositol and 0.2 mg folic acid, a part of them are resistant and do not ovulate.
These non-responders to myo-inositol alone undergo the second phase of the study, receiving 2g myo-inositol and 0.2 mg folic acid plus 50 mg α-lactalbumin for three months. After this combined treatment, the majority of them ovulate, showing a hormone and lipid profile improvement. In addition, myo-inositol plasma levels at the end of the treatment are significantly higher than at baseline and comparable to those patients who respond positively to myo-inositol alone.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Sequential
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients affected by PCOS according to Rotterdam ESHRE-ASRM criteria, with anovulation and infertility > 1 year
排除标准
- •presence of other conditions causing ovulatory dysfunction, such as hyperprolactinemia or hypothyroidism, or androgen excess, such as adrenal hyperplasia or Cushing's syndrome, and also in the case of intake of other drugs that can potentially influence the ovulation.
研究组 & 干预措施
Myo-inositol + folic acid
2 g myo-inositol and 0.2 mg folic acid orally twice a day for three months, in order to induce ovulation.
干预措施: myo-inositol plus folic acid (Dietary Supplement)
Myo-inositol + folic a. + α-lactalbumin
2 g myo-inositol and 0.2 mg folic acid plus 50 mg α-lactalbumin, twice a day for three months in order to test if α-lactalbumin addition allows to induce ovulation
干预措施: myo-inositol plus folic acid plus alpha-lactalbumin (Dietary Supplement)
结局指标
主要结局
Restoration of ovulation
时间窗: after three months of treatment
Ovulation was assessed using ultrasound examination on days 12, 14 and 20 of the cycle.
次要结局
- Increase of myo-inositol plasma levels after the treatment with myo-inositol plus alpha-lactalbumin compared to the levels at the baseline(after three months of treatment)