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CompletedNCT04753775

RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ENEMA ALOE VERA GEL IN ACTIVE ULCERATIVE PROCTOSIGMOIDITIS.

RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ENEMA ALOE VERA GEL FOR ACHIVING REMISSION IN ACTIVE ULCERATIVE PROCTOSIGMOIDITIS.

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
44 (actual)
Sponsor
Ospedale Sandro Pertini, Roma · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

Aloe vera is used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but no data are present in regard the gel formulation as topical therapy in active ulcerative colitis.

Detailed description

44 ulcerative colitis (UC) patients were enrolled and randomly allocated to treatment for 4 weeks with oral mesalazine (800 mg three times daily) and enema (60 ml aloe vera gel) 1/day (n = 22, Group A) or enema (60 ml placebo) (n = 22, Group B).

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGAloe vera gel

Timeline

Start date
2010-03-10
Primary completion
2010-04-10
Completion
2010-05-10
First posted
2021-02-15
Last updated
2021-02-15

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04753775. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.