Efficacy of Ginger in the Prevention of Abdominal Distention in Post Cesarean Section Patient

Chulalongkorn University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Post Cesarean Section Patient

Treatments: Drug: Placebo; Drug: Ginger

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02809027

114/59

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine ginger is effective in the prevention of abdominal distention in post Cesarean section patient.

Enrollment: 178 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Post cesarean section women

Exclusion criteria

• allergic to ginger
• time of cesarean section more than 1 hour
• perform another operation such as appendectomy, cystectomy
• former use carminative drugs
• already have abdominal distention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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178 participants in 2 patient groups

Ginger

Active Comparator group

Description:

Ginger capsule (500 mg), oral form, 2 capsules 3 time after meal for 3 days

Treatment:

Drug: Ginger

Placebo

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Placebo capsule, oral form, 2 capsules 3 time after meal for 3 days

Treatment:

Drug: Placebo