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Cocoa Butter for Prevention of Stretch Marks

NCT00114660 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2009-03-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will check to see if using cocoa butter lotion on the belly, breasts and thighs will help reduce the appearance of stretch marks in pregnancy. Women entering the study will either receive a lotion containing cocoa butter with vitamin E or a lotion containing only vitamin E. After delivery, the study investigators will evaluate whether the women who used cocoa butter lotion were less likely to develop stretch marks.

Conditions

  • Striae Gravidarum
  • Pregnancy

Interventions

DRUG

Cocoa butter application

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wellcome Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • American University of Beirut Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hibah Osman, MD · American University of Beirut Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-11-30
Completion
2006-07-31

Countries

  • Lebanon

Study Locations

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