Is There a Benefit From Addition of Treadmill Walking to Diet Restriction in Psoriasis Women With PCOS?

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age35-45
SponsorCairo University

About this trial

Women with psoriasis usually develop many complications including polysyctic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Nowdays, diet restriction combimed with phsyical exercises may improve both problems

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

obese (class I) women

chronic plaque psoriasis

polyscytic ovarian syndrome

Disqualifiers

cardiac dysfucntions

liver diseases

repsiratory disease

vascular diseases

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • exercise and diet restriction

    Behavioral

    Group I will enroll twenty females with PCOS and Psoriasis who will apply forty minutes walking on treadmill three times per week for 12 weeks. Also Group I will follow low calorie diet and daily metformin for 12 weeks.

  • diet restriction

    Behavioral

    Group II will will enroll twenty females with PCOS and Psoriasis who will follow low calorie diet and daily metformin for 12 weeks

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: group number 1Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: group number 2Active comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Psoariasis area and severity index

is an index used to express the severity of psoriasis. It combines the severity (erythema, induration and desquamation) and percentage of affected area

Time frame
it will be measured after 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

body mass index

it will be assessed after emptying bladder and bowel

Time frame
It will be measured after 12 weeks
2

waist circumference

it will be measured at level of ambilicus

Time frame
It will be measured after 12 weeks
3

waist hip ratio

it will be assessed after dividing waist circumference on hip circumference

Time frame
It will be measured after 12 weeks
4

testesterone

it will be assessed in serum

Time frame
it will be measured after 12 weeks

Other outcomes

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