Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with mustard gas lung disease: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
DiscussionIf the study confirms that rehabilitation is effective for patients with mustard gas lung disease this should prompt provision of the intervention to this patient group.Trial registrationIranian Registry of Clinical Trials,IRCT2016051127848N1. Registered on 24 May 2016. (Source: Trials)
Source: Trials - February 14, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials

Social cognitive theory-based intervention to promote physical activity among prediabetic rural people: a cluster randomized controlled trial
ConclusionOur results support the effectiveness of an SCT-based PA intervention to reduce the risk of prediabetes developing into diabetes among rural patients with prediabetes. Findings suggest that implementation of SCT-based PA intervention for a rural population at risk of diabetes has potential benefits.Trial registrationIranian Registry of Clinical Trials,IRCT201607198132N4. Registered on 1 September 2017. Prospectively registered. (Source: Trials)
Source: Trials - February 4, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials

Evaluation of the impact of levothyroxine treatment on the psychomotor developmental status of three-year-old children born to mothers with mild thyroid impairment; Tehran Thyroid and pregnancy study: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial
This study aims to evaluate the impact of levothyroxine (LT4) treatment on the psychomotor developmental status of three-year-old children born to mothers with mild thyroid impairment (subclinical hypothyroidismwith/without autoimmune thyroiditis).Methods/DesignThis is a follow-up study of the Tehran Thyroid and Pregnancy Study, a randomized trial in which subclinical hypothyroid pregnant women were assigned to an intervention group (treated with levothyroxine) or a control group (received no treatment). The primary outcome for the purpose of the present study is the developmental status of the children, aged three years, ...
Source: Trials - January 28, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials

Effect of a high-protein diet with β-cryptoxanthin supplementation on metabolic risk factors, oxidative and inflammatory biomarkers in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial
This study will be conducted as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial for 12 weeks to receive daily β-CX 6 mg supplementation combined with a HPD on levels of metabolic factors, β-CX, glycemic and lipid profiles, inflammatory factors, adipocytokines, and body composition. Ninety-two eligible patients, aged 18–60 years, of both genders, who are obese and overweight (body mass index [BMI] 25– 40 kg/m2) will be randomly assigned to four groups as follow: HPD  + placebo; normal protein diet + β-CX (NPD + β-CX); HPD + β-CX; and NPD + placebo (control group). Two populations wil...
Source: Trials - November 16, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials

A Randomized Trial of a Social Media Intervention on Promoting Oral Heath Among Iranian Adolescents
Conditions:   Health Behavior;   Adolescent Behavior;   Parent-Child Relations Interventions:   Behavioral: mothers and adolescents;   Behavioral: adolescents;   Behavioral: active control Sponsor:   Qazvin University Of Medical Sciences Enrolling by invitation (Source: ClinicalTrials.gov)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov - August 22, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials