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Prospective Registration:. Primary sponsor:. Teaching Hospital Jaffna. Public title:. Supplement effect of Cherukurinja Gymnema lactiferum on glycemic control and on selected biochemical and physiological parameters among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Scientific title:.
Date of first enrolment:. Target sample size:. Recruitment status:. Study type:. Study design:. Randomized controlled trial. Not Applicable. Countries of recruitment. Sri Lanka. Karthigesu Kulanayagam. Tel: 21 Medical Officer. Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Visiting Physician. Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult patients aged 18 years and above diagnosed with type 2 diabetes according to WHO criteria 2. Controlled on oral anti-diabetic medication Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients on any medication known to affect glycaemic control e.
End stage organ failure 3. Diagnosed psychiatric illness 4. Pregnancy 5. Breast feeding 6. Health Condition s or Problem s studied. Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Intervention s. The first patient will be selected by lottery from the first four patients according to the clinic numbers and then every fifth patient will be selected for screening. Intervention arm: One cup of herbal tea, made from 1. Control arm: One cup of green tea, made from 1. Standard anti-diabetic medication will be continued for all patients, in accordance with clinic protocols. Double blinding will be ensured as the participants will be treatment naive not exposed to either Cherukurinja or green tea and the outcomes will be assessed by investigators who will be blind to the treatment status.
