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<!ELEMENT trial (main,contacts,countries,criteria,health_condition_code,health_condition_keyword,intervention_code,
          intervention_keyword,primary_outcome,secondary_outcome,secondary_sponsor,secondary_ids,source_support,ethics_reviews)>

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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 utrn (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT reg_name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT date_registration (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT primary_sponsor (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT public_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT acronym (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_acronym (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT date_enrolment (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT type_enrolment (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT target_size (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT recruitment_status (#PCDATA)><!-- Pending,Recruiting,Suspended,Complete,Other -->
<!ELEMENT url (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT study_type (#PCDATA)><!-- interventional,observational -->
<!ELEMENT study_design (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT phase (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT hc_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!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 -->
<!ELEMENT results_date_first_publication (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT results_baseline_char (#PCDATA)>
<!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)>


<!ELEMENT contacts (contact+)>
<!ELEMENT contact (type,firstname,middlename,lastname,address,city,country1,zip,telephone,email,affiliation)>
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<!ELEMENT firstname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT middlename (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT lastname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT address (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT city (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT country1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT zip (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT affiliation (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT countries (country2+)>
<!ELEMENT country2 (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT criteria (inclusion_criteria,agemin,agemax,gender,exclusion_criteria)>
<!ELEMENT inclusion_criteria (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT agemin (#PCDATA)>
<!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)>

<!ELEMENT primary_outcome (prim_outcome+)>
<!ELEMENT prim_outcome (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT secondary_outcome (sec_outcome+)>
<!ELEMENT sec_outcome (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT secondary_sponsor (sponsor_name+)>
<!ELEMENT sponsor_name (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT secondary_ids (secondary_id+)>
<!ELEMENT secondary_id (sec_id,issuing_authority)>
<!ELEMENT sec_id (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT issuing_authority (#PCDATA)>

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

<!ELEMENT ethics_reviews (ethics_review+)>
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<!ELEMENT status (#PCDATA)><!-- Not approved,Approved,NA -->
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<!ELEMENT contact_name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT contact_address (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT contact_phone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT contact_email (#PCDATA)>
]>
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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT138904144317N1</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2010-10-06</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Shaheed  Beheshti  University of Medical Sciences and Health Services</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>The study on the effects of anise abstract on relief and recurrence of menopausal hot flashes in Qazvin</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>The study on the effects of anise abstract on relief and recurrence of menopausal hot flashes in Qazvin</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2008-08-02</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>72</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/4581</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment.</study_design>
      <phase>N/A</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Hot flash.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Anise abstract, 100mg capsules, 3 times a day, for 4 weeks. Intervention 2: Placebo, 330 mg starch capsules, 3 times a day, for 4 weeks.</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>Fatemeh Nahidi</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Beside Taleghani Hospital,  Evin, Tabnak St., Shaheed Chamran Avenue, Tehran, Iran</address>
        <city>Tehran</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip></zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 4421 8052</telephone>
        <email>nahidifateme@yahoo.com, nahidi@sbmu.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Fatemeh Nahidi</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Women’s affairs Office, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Beside Taleghani Hospital,  Evin, Tabnak St., Shaheed Chamran Avenue, Tehran, Iran</address>
        <city>Tehran</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip></zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 4421 8052</telephone>
        <email>nahidi@sbmu.ac.ir   nahidifateme@yahoo,com</email>
        <affiliation>Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Inclusion criteria: Age 45-60, history of amenorrhea at least 1 and at most 3 years prior to the study, experience of hot flashes, being literate or having a literate family member, married or widowed since one year prior to the study, not using food or herbal medicine content of phytoestrogens &#13;
Exclusion criteria: confirmed diabetes, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism or any other diseases causing hot flash, undergoing hormone therapy, taking anticoagulant, anti depressive or anxiolytic drugs, hypersensitivity to anise, experiencing stressful events such as divorce, death of her husband, or death of her close family members during 6 months prior to the study</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>45 years</agemin>
      <agemax>60 years</agemax>
      <gender>Female</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria></exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code></hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword></hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Drugs</i_code>
      <i_code>Placebo</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Anise abstract, 100mg capsules, 3 times a day, for 4 weeks</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Placebo, 330 mg starch capsules, 3 times a day, for 4 weeks</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Hot flosh. Timepoint: 2 weeks before treatment and 4 weeks after treatment  (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th week) and 4 week for follow up. Method of measurement: Information form.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome></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>Shaheed  Beheshti  University of Medical Sciences and Health Services</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date></approval_date>
        <contact_name>Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Iran Tehran  Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
