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willow bark and dysmenorrhea

Effect of willow bark on primary dysmenorrhea in female students

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20180123038486N1
Enrollment
110
Registered
2018-11-01
Start date
2015-01-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-01-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

primary dysmenorrhea.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group:received willow bark extract capsule (240 mg salicin ) with Placebo three times daily, produced by Medical Plants Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute,

Sponsors

Shahre-kord University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 28 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: suffering from level two or three primary dysmenorrhea according to the Andersch and Milsom’s verbal multi-dimensional scoring system aged 18 to 28 years old regular menstrual cycles without history of allergy to willow bark single students

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: absence of any genital organs diseases history of hypersensitivity to NSAIDs systemic diseases neurologic or psychiatric disease surgery during the past eight weeks hormonal therapy during the last six months used contraceptives

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain level. Timepoint: Before intervention and After Intervention. Method of measurement: visual analog scale (VAS).;Menstrual symptoms. Timepoint: Before intervention and After Intervention. Method of measurement: COX menstrual symptom scale.;Bleeding amount. Timepoint: Before intervention and After Intervention. Method of measurement: Pictorial blood assessment chart.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Safety and adverse event. Timepoint: After intervention. Method of measurement: case-report form.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactZiba Raisi Dehkordi

Shahre-kord University of Medical Sciences

ziba758@gmail.com+98 38 3224 0556

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026