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<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT2017052927520N7</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2017-06-13</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>Oral nanocurcumin and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis</public_title>
      <acronym>AS</acronym>
      <scientific_title>The effects of  oral nanocurcumin on expression levels of microRNA and  Th17 cells development factors in ankylosing spondylitis patients</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2017-04-20</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>24</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/22524</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Health service research, Randomization description: Block randomization
Blocking were used to balance the number of samples assigned to each study groups . The size of all blocks is equal and the blocks included 12 participants in the intervention group, who receive nanocurcumin capsules and 12 participants in the control group who receive placebo capsules, Blinding description: 1. Participant
2. Outcome assessor.</study_design>
      <phase>2-3</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Ankylosing Spondylitis.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Supplementation group received nanocurcumin capsules containing 80 mg nanocurcumin once a day for four months. Intervention 2: The control group received placebo capsules once a day for four months.</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>Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is No more information</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Mehdi Yousefi</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Golgasht Avenue, Tabriz</address>
        <city>Tabriz</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>5166614766</zip>
        <telephone>+98 41 3336 4665</telephone>
        <email>Yousefime@tbzmed.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Tabriz University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Mehdi Yousefi</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Golgasht Avenue, Tabriz</address>
        <city>Tabriz</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>5166614766</zip>
        <telephone>+98 41 3336 4665</telephone>
        <email>Yousefime@tbzmed.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Tabriz University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Willingness to cooperate; ranging in age 28 to 51 years
diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis by rheumatologist
patients with a BASDAI &gt; 4 as having active disease
disease duration 5-8 years</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>28 years</agemin>
      <agemax>51 years</agemax>
      <gender>Both</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>Use of nutritional supplements and antioxidant and immunosuppressive drugs alpha-lipoic acid a month before the study
pregnancy and lactation
history of diabetes and other chronic diseases
history of other autoimmune diseases
acceptance rate of less than 70% of supplements
not wanting to continue cooperation.</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>M45</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Ankylosing spondylitis</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Drugs</i_code>
      <i_code>Placebo</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Supplementation group received nanocurcumin capsules containing 80 mg nanocurcumin once a day for four months</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>The control group received placebo capsules once a day for four months.</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>MiRNA-326. Timepoint: Before interference and four months after interference. Method of measurement: Examined the expression levels of miRNA-326 by using Quantitative Real time PCR.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>The frequency of Th17 cells. Timepoint: Before interference and four months after interference. Method of measurement: Examined the frequency of Th17 cells by using flow cytometry.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Transcription factor: RoRγt. Timepoint: Before interference and four months after interference. Method of measurement: Examined the expression levels of RoRγt by using Quantitative Real time PCR.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Cytokine: IL-17. Timepoint: Before interference and four months after interference. Method of measurement: Examined the expression levels of IL-17 by using Quantitative Real time PCR.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Cytokine: IL-17. Timepoint: Before interference and four months after interference. Method of measurement: Examined the amount of secreted cytokine IL-17 by using sandwich ELISA method.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Cellular and molecular changes in the immune system. Timepoint: after 4 months. Method of measurement: Flow cytometry, ELISA, RT-PCR.</sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id>NCT03140657</sec_id>
        <issuing_authority>CT.gov</issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2016-08-29</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center</contact_name>
        <contact_address>4rd floor, Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center,Imam Reza Hospital, Golgasht St, Tabriz, Iran TABRIZ East Azarbaijan Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
