RCT of Evening Primrose Oil for the Treatment of Breastfeeding Pain

St. Luke's Hospital, Pennsylvania

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Breast Feeding

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Evening Primrose Oil; Dietary Supplement: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03876899

SLIR 2018-111

Details and patient eligibility

About

Breastfeeding related mastalgia is a common post-partum complaint. We propose a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that investigates the use of Evening Primrose Oil in the treatment of breastfeeding related mastalgia.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• currently breastfeeding
• recent delivery within the trailing 60 days

Exclusion criteria

• history of seizure disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Evening Primrose Oil

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Evening Primrose Oil

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Placebo