Effect of a herbal compound on blood sugar level

• Register: SLCTR
• Last refreshed on: 27 April 2013
• Main ID: SLCTR/2009/004
• Date of registration: 15/05/2009
• Primary sponsor: Dr. Aruna Munasinghe
• Public title: Effect of a herbal compound on blood sugar level
• Scientific title: A clinical trial to assess the efficacy of coccinia grandis (kem) leaves as a hypoglycaemic agent in healthy individuals
• Date of first enrolment: 1/5/2009
• Target sample size: 200
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://www.slctr.lk/trial_details.asp?reg_id={5CBADBAE-83AC-4D05-A5D9-B6A44A8C2DA5}
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Double blind phase 11 clinical trial

Countries of recruitment

Sri Lanka

Contacts

• Name: Dr. Aruna Munasinghe
• Affiliation: Consultant Physician

• Name: Dr. Aruna Munasinghe
• Affiliation: Consultant Physician

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All the healthy volunteers who are having their fasting blood sugar level within the normal range according to WHO criteria between 18-55
Exclusion criteria: Participants outside the above range
Pregnant mothers

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Diabetes mellitus

Intervention(s)

20 grams of coccinia grandis (kem) is mixed with measured amounts of scraped coconut and table salts. Each sample is prepared in a similar manner.Coccinia grandis is a commonly used and available herbal plant and people consume it as a component and no known adverse reactions were reported.

Primary Outcome(s)

Blood sugar levels after one hour and two hours of administration and 75 grams of glucose

Secondary Outcome(s)

Reporting side effects

Secondary ID(s)

None

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Self