Effect of Moringa Oleifera Capsule in Increasing Breast Milk Volume in Early Postpartum Patients

Phase 4CompletedNCT04487613

Chulalongkorn University88 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf capsule in increasing breast milk volume

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Postpartum Women

Interventions

Moringa oleifera leafDRUG

450 mg capsule

PlaceboDRUG

placebo capsule

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Postpartum women Exclusion Criteria: * Postpartum women with contraindication for breast feeding such as HIV, untreated tuberculosis, on chemotherapeutic drugs, on radioactive drugs, substance abuse. * Postpartum women with unstable conditions such as postpartum hemorrhage.

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University

Bangkok, Thailand

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Breast milk volume at postpartum day 3

Breast milk volume measuring by weighting the infant fully clothed before and after each feeding with an electronic weigh scale for the period of 24 hours (at postpartum day 3). The sum of weight difference in gram was then converted to breast milk volume in milliliter (1 g = 1 mL).

Time frame: day 3

Secondary Outcomes

percentage of good satisfaction

satisfaction evaluated by 5 scales

Time frame: 3 days

quality of life scores

Quality of life measuring by Thai version of WHO-QOL questionaire

Time frame: 3 days

side effects

percentage of side effects such as headache, nausea/vomiting

Time frame: 3 days

Compliance

percentage of complete drug use

Time frame: 3 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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