NCT05492279

Is Sheep Ghee Cardioprotective?

Effect of Sheep Ghee on Lipid Profile and High-sensitivity C-reactive Protein: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 76 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Normal volunteers were randomly received Sheep ghee or sunflower oil, and before and after the study lipid profile and HS-CRP were measured.

Detailed description

During outpatient clinic visits, potentially eligible individuals were screened for enrollment according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patients were randomly allocated into the treatment and control groups via the blocked randomization method. The control group received a normal diet for eight weeks with 10 g of sunflower oil. In the treatment group, sunflower oil was replaced with 10 g of sheep ghee. 50 patients in each group were enrollment. Patients' information, including demographic data and the serum levels of fasting blood sugar (FBS), LDL, HDL, triglyceride (TG), and hs-CRP, were recorded in datasheets twice: once before treatment with sheep ghee and once eight weeks later.

Conditions

• Cholesterol; Metabolic Disorder
• Inflammation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	sheep ghee	natural sheep ghee, given to patient in a commercial box and intervention group 10 gr per day from sheep ghee
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	sunflower oil	natural sunflower oil, given to patients in a commercial box and patient use 10 gr of it

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-01
• Primary completion: 2022-06-01
• Completion: 2022-07-01
• First posted: 2022-08-08
• Last updated: 2022-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran