Effects a Honey Based Syrup on Blood Parameters in Patients With Breast Cancer

Summary

Study aim Determination of the effect of a honey based (HB) syrup on the blood parameters of patients with breast cancer Design Two arm parallel group randomised clinical trial, double blinded Settings and conduct Design of the study: Women patients with breast cancer referring to Shohaday-e- Tajrish Hospital of Tehran who are under chemotherapy treatment. In order to blind the investigator, medications are named as "A" for syrup of HB and B for placebo. The patients don't aware of the type of drug they are assigned to. In addition, the groups are entered into statistical analysis as "A" and "B. The patients will revive either A or B syrup for 4 weeks. At the beginning of the trial demographic data would be gathered. Also, a blood sample would be drawn at the beginning time and after the end of intervention period (week 4). Data would be analysed by SPSS software using T-test.

Timeline

Start

2020-06-15

Primary completion

2020-09-25

Completion

2020-10-05

Publications

• Results Pasalar M, Choopani R, Mosaddegh M, Kamalinejad M, Mohagheghzadeh A, Fattahi MR, Ghanizadeh A, Bagheri Lankarani K. Efficacy and safety of jollab to treat functional dyspepsia: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial. Explore (NY). 2015 May-Jun;11(3):199-207. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2015.02.007. Epub 2015 Feb 17.
• Results Pasalar M, Choopani R, Mosaddegh M, Kamalinejad M, Mohagheghzadeh A, Fattahi MR, Zarshenas MM, Jafari P, Lankarani KB. Efficacy of jollab in the treatment of depression in dyspeptic patients: a randomized double-blind controlled trial. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2015 Apr;20(2):104-8. doi: 10.1177/2156587214563542. Epub 2015 Jan 13.
• Results Emtiazy M, Oveidzadeh L, Habibi M, Molaeipour L, Talei D, Jafari Z, Parvin M, Kamalinejad M. Investigating the effectiveness of the Trigonella foenum-graecum L. (fenugreek) seeds in mild asthma: a randomized controlled trial. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2018 May 2;14:19. doi: 10.1186/s13223-018-0238-9. eCollection 2018.
• Results Taavoni S, Fathi L, Nazem-Ekbatani N, Haghani H. The Effect of Oral Intake of Honey Syrup on the Pain Intensity of Active Phase of Parturition of nulliparous women: A Randomized clinical trial. Caspian J Intern Med. 2019 Winter;10(1):98-101. doi: 10.22088/cjim.10.1.98.

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