Homeopathic Medication and Nutritional Oriented Diet to Treat Overweight Pregnant Women With Mental Disorder

Homeopathic Treatment in Pregnant Women With Overweight and Mental Disorder: a Double Blinded Controlled Clinical Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00942097

Enrollment

134

Registered

2009-07-20

Start date

2009-08-31

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2013-05-13

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Conditions

Mental Disorder, Overweight, Pregnancy

Keywords

Homeopathy, overweight, obesity, mental disorder, pregnancy, Overweight pregnant women with suspicious mental disorder

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of homeopathic treatment in pregnant women with overweight and class I obesity with suspicion of a mental disorder.

Detailed description

The weight gain during pregnancy has been reported as an important factor of being overweight after delivery and comorbidities. There are a lot of restrictions to treat pregnant women due to fetus development. Homeopathy presents itself as an integrative medicine that could treat with less collateral effects improving general health. The investigators are going to test the effects of homeopathy.

Interventions

DRUGSulph, Puls, Lyc, Lack t, Con, Sep, Nux v, Calc c, Phos

CH 12 preparation, 6 drops, twice a day, 4 days per week, until the end of pregnancy. One medication per appointment.

DRUGHomeopathy and Nutritional oriented diet

Homeopathy 6 drops twice a day 4 days per week, active and placebo and Balanced nutritional oriented diet for both groups.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Pregnant women with less than 28 weeks, * BMI from 26 to 35 Kg/ m2, * SRQ-20 positive.

Exclusion criteria

* Diabetes * Cardiopathies * Hypertension * Nephropathies * Psychiatric treatment * Drug users * Pulmonary Chronic Disease * Suicidal ideas * No eating (appetites) * Problems of BMI measurements (disabled people) * Concomitant homeopathic treatment * People who are looking for just 1 medical appointment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Weight	9 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Newborn weight	9 months
Pregnancy period	9 months
Comorbidities	9 months
Self perception health	9 months
Apgar score	9 month
Collateral effects	9 months

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026