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          date_enrolment,type_enrolment,target_size,recruitment_status,url?,study_type,study_design,phase,hc_freetext?,i_freetext?,results_actual_enrolment,results_date_completed,results_url_link,results_summary,           results_date_posted,results_date_first_publication,results_baseline_char,results_participant_flow,results_adverse_events,results_outcome_measures,results_url_protocol,results_IPD_plan, results_IPD_description)>
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<!ELEMENT primary_sponsor (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT acronym (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_acronym (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT date_enrolment (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
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<!ELEMENT i_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_actual_enrolment (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_date_completed (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT results_url_link (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_summary (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_date_posted (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
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<!ELEMENT results_participant_flow (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_adverse_events (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_outcome_measures (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_url_protocol (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_plan (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_description (#PCDATA)>


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<!ELEMENT address (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT country1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT zip (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT affiliation (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT agemax (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT gender (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT exclusion_criteria (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT health_condition_code (hc_code+)>
<!ELEMENT hc_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT health_condition_keyword (hc_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT hc_keyword (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_code (i_code+)>
<!ELEMENT i_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_keyword (i_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT i_keyword (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT secondary_outcome (sec_outcome+)>
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<!ELEMENT secondary_sponsor (sponsor_name+)>
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<!ELEMENT issuing_authority (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT source_support (source_name+)>
<!ELEMENT source_name (#PCDATA)>

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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT201205229830N1</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2014-03-10</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Research Council of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>Evaluation of the effect of saffron oral capsules on pain severity and labor duration</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>Evaluation of the effect of saffron oral capsules on pain severity and duration of the active phase of labor first stage</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2013-11-06</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>60</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/10367</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Not randomized, Blinding: Triple blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment.</study_design>
      <phase>N/A</phase>
      <hc_freetext>delivery.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Capsules 250 mg of the drug (saffron)  every 2 hours and up to 3 doses, the intensity of uterine contractions and the progress of labor is consumed orally by the research unit. Intervention 2: Capsules 250 mg of the pelacebo every 2 hours and up to 3 doses, the intensity of uterine contractions and the progress of labor is consumed orally by the research unit.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan></results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description></results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Sedigheh Ahmadi</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Mashhsd University Of  Medical Sciences</address>
        <city>Mashhad</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip></zip>
        <telephone>+51 1 8591511</telephone>
        <email>Ahmadis901@mums.ac.irahmadisedigh64@gmail.com.azharis@mums.ac.ir/ azharis@mums.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Sedigheh Azhari</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Mashhsd University Of  Medical Sciences</address>
        <city>Mashhad</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip></zip>
        <telephone>+51 1 8591511</telephone>
        <email>Azharis@mums.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Inclusion criteria:&#13;
Completing the written informed consent to participate in the study؛age of 18-35 years; body mass index of 19.5- 30;gestational age of 37-42 weeks; having no history of pregnancy more than 20 weeks of gestation; singleton pregnancy; cervical dilatation of 3-4 cm; cephalic presentation.&#13;
&#13;
Exclusion criteria: &#13;
using any herbal drug during the past 48 hours; addiction or using a variety of tobacco and alcohol; maternal pregnancy complications (preeclampsia, bleeding during pregnancy, threat to abortion, premature rupture of fetus membranes more than 12 hours before admission of mother), having or history of any systemic disease (diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney disease, etc), history of mental disorder, speaking, hearing and mental disorder, disproportion of maternal pelvic with fetal head; estimated fetal weight less than 2500 g and more than 4000 g (according to Johnson rules); fetal heart rate abnormalities; any abnormalities in the fetus (based on sonography; obstetric problems; multiple pregnancy; previous surgery on the uterus; cervix and delivery canal; cesarean indication; allergic reaction to the saffron</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>18 years</agemin>
      <agemax>35 years</agemax>
      <gender>Female</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria></exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>O80.8</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Other single spontaneous delivery</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Placebo</i_code>
      <i_code>Placebo</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Capsules 250 mg of the drug (saffron)  every 2 hours and up to 3 doses, the intensity of uterine contractions and the progress of labor is consumed orally by the research unit</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Capsules 250 mg of the pelacebo every 2 hours and up to 3 doses, the intensity of uterine contractions and the progress of labor is consumed orally by the research unit</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Pain intensity of labor. Timepoint: 1 hour intervals during the intervention. Method of measurement: Pain intensity using a visual pain scale.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Duration of the active phase of labor first stage. Timepoint: 1-2 hour intervals during the intervention. Method of measurement: During the active phase of labor and vaginal exam registration.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Uterine contractions. Timepoint: During each 30-minute intervention. Method of measurement: Tocodynamomtr device and touch the hand.</sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Research Council of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2013-06-22</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Mashhad University Of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Mashhad University Of Medical Sciences Mashhad  Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
