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Study aim
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comparison between herbal medicine myrrh , sesamum indicum and oral contraceptive pills for treatment of incomplete abortion
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Design
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This clinical trial study has a control group, including 4 groups, including group A, LD which is a type of OCP pill, group B, Myrrhs capsule, group C, dried sesame extract capsule and the control group receiving capsules with Avicel. Treatment in groups is done in parallel. 160 patients will be randomly divided into 4 groups. The study was conducted in a double-blind manner, and the patients and the examiner of the results will not be aware of the type of drug used.
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Settings and conduct
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In this study, 160 patients referred to teaching and therapeutic hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were randomly divided into four groups: group A, LD which is a type of OCP pill, group B, Myrrhs capsules, group C, capsules of dried sesame extract and group Control recipients will be divided into capsules with Avicel. In each group, all medicines will be designed in the same way and the patient will take the medicine for 14 days. The doctors and the examiner of the result will not be aware of the type of drug used. After the end of the transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound treatment, the remnants of the placenta after the abortion are examined and measured by a radiologist.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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healthy women with a normal blood count ( hemoglobin > 9) , estimated gestational age less than 20 weeks, with intrauterine tissue with an anterior posterior diameter 15-50 mm less than 1month post abortion, BMI ≤ 30
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Intervention groups
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Group A (n=40), LD capsule combined with Avasil
Group B (n=40), Myrrhs capsule 500 mg BID
Group C (n=40), capsules of dried sesame extract
Group D 40 (n=40) placebo capsules (containing Avacil).
In all groups, medicine (capsule) is prescribed for 14 days
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Main outcome variables
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incomplete abortion