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Register: IRCT
Last refreshed on: 5 November 2019
Main ID:  IRCT201406305623N20
Date of registration: 2014-07-16
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Arak University of Medical Sciences
Public title: Effect of supplementation in treatment of gestational diabetes
Scientific title: Effect of omega-3 supplementation on inflammatory factors, biomarkers of oxidative stress and pregnancy outcomes in gestational diabetes
Date of first enrolment: 2014-05-10
Target sample size: 54
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  http://en.irct.ir/trial/6050
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: Randomization will be done by the use of computer-generated random numbers, Blinding description: Participants, investigators or the assessors of the outcomes are unaware of the study groups.  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Name: Zatollah Asemi   
Address:  Nutrition PhD 81151-87159 Kashan Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Telephone: +98 31 5546 3378
Email: irasemi_r@yahoo.com
Affiliation:  Kashan University of Medical Science
Name: Zatollah Asemi   
Address:  Ghotbe Ravandi Boulevard, Kashan 81151-87159 Kashan Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Telephone: +98 31 5546 3378
Email: asemi_z@kaums.ac.ir
Affiliation:  Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Pregnant women aged 18-40 years diagnosed with GDM at 24-28 weeks' gestation
Exclusion criteria: Pre-existing diabetes
Required complex diets
Chronic medical conditions
Significant psychiatric disease
Smokers
Kidney or liver diseases
Chronic hypertension
Hypothyroidism


Age minimum: 18 years
Age maximum: 40 years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Gestational diabetes.
Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, unspecified
O24.9
Intervention(s)
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Omega-3 pearl, 1000 mg, daily, for 6 weeks orally. Intervention 2: Control group: Placebo pearl, daily, for 6 weeks orally.
Primary Outcome(s)
Maternal hospitalization. Timepoint: After delivery. Method of measurement: Medical record.
Apgar score. Timepoint: Delivery time. Method of measurement: Clinical observation.
Maternal pre-eclampsia. Timepoint: After delivery. Method of measurement: Medical record.
Infants' head circumference. Timepoint: Delivery time. Method of measurement: Tape.
Newborn's bilirubin. Timepoint: Delivery time. Method of measurement: Enzymatic kit.
Polyhydramnios. Timepoint: After the intervention. Method of measurement: Sonography.
Preterm delivery. Timepoint: After delivery. Method of measurement: Medical record.
Infants' weight. Timepoint: Delivery time. Method of measurement: Scale.
Newborns' length. Timepoint: Delivery time. Method of measurement: Tape.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Total antioxidant. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention. Method of measurement: Spectrophotometry.
Glutathione. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention. Method of measurement: Spectrophotometry.
Hs-CRP. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA kit.
Malondialdehyde. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention. Method of measurement: Spectrophotometry.
Nitric oxide. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention. Method of measurement: Spectrophotometry.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Arak University of Medical Sciences
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:
Arak University of Medical Sciences
Results
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