Sesame Paste for Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAyat Gamal-AbdelNaser

About this trial

Oral recurrent aphthous stomatitis is a painful oral condition that affects large number of patients. In the Middle East, patients tend to commonly manage it by sesame paste. So, this study aims to test if sesame paste has any medical value compared to placebo.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sesame paste

    Dietary supplement

    Sesame paste is available in grocery markets as "Tahina" or "Tahini"

  • Placebo

    Other intervention

    placebo paste made to look, feel and smell like sesame paste

Treatment groups

46 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Sesame pasteActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Placebo pastePlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Pain due to the oral ulcer

measured by VAS

Time frame
7 days

Secondary outcomes

1

Size of the ulcer

measured in mm.s

Time frame
7 days

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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Ayat Gamal-AbdelNaser

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Sponsor institution

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