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Short-term Effect of Pomegranate Juice on Blood Sugar and Its Controlling Hormones in Pre-diabetic and Type II Diabetic Patients.

Fresh Pomegranate Juice Decreases Fasting Serum Erythropoietin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03902288
Enrollment
85
Registered
2019-04-04
Start date
2012-10-31
Completion date
2013-04-30
Last updated
2019-04-04

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Conditions

Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (FSG: More Than 7.1 and Not Higher Than 15.8 mmol/L)

Keywords

Patients with type 2 diabetes, Fresh pomegranate juice, Fasting serum glucose

Brief summary

Fresh pomegranate juice at 1.5 mL/kg of body weight was administered by recruited healthy individuals and patients with type 2 diabetes of fasting serum glucose between 7.1 and 15.8 mmol/L after approximately 12 hours fasting. Blood samples were collected in plain tubes before (-5 minutes) and at 1 and 3 hours after drinking pomegranate juice. Blood samples were centrifuged and serum was collected and stored for glucose and hormonal analysis. Patients were recruited from those of earlier stages of type 2 diabetes, and many of them already drink pomegranate juice as of its benefits for their health). The exclusion criteria included subjects with renal or hepatic disease, pregnancy, treatment with insulin, and hormone therapies. Participants who had either smoked cigarettes or taken antioxidant supplements, lipid-lowering drugs, and oral hypoglycemic agents, such as metformin (glucophage) or sulfonylureas, within the preceding 12 hours were also excluded. The study was explained to all of the recruited subjects by the clinical researchers, and written informed consent was obtained prior to enrollment. Approval for the study was provided by the IRB Committee at Jordan University of Science and Technology (Irbid, Jordan).

Interventions

OTHERFresh pomegranate juice

Pomegranate seeds (arils) were separated by hand, and fresh pomegranate juice was prepared by squeezing the seeds using a fruit squeezing machine. Fresh pomegranate juice was given at 1.5 mL/kg of body weight for the fasted recruited patient with type 2 diabetes (FSG \< 15.8 mmol/L). Blood was collected before and after 1 and 3 hours of ingesting the juice.

Sponsors

Jordan University of Science and Technology
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

A Patient with type 2 diabetes ( \< 15.8 FSG) and healthy individual ingested fresh pomegranate at 1.5 mL per kg of body weight after approximately 12 hours fasting. Blood samples were collected before (- 5 min) and after 1 and 3 hours of ingesting pomegranate juice.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
35 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with type 2 diabetes at early stages of progression (Fasting serum glucose: 7.1 - 15.8 mmol/L) * Healthy individuals (Fasting serum glucose \< 7 mmol/L)

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects with renal * Subjects with hepatic disease * Pregnant women * Subjects under treatment with insulin and any other hormonal therapies * Smoking 12 hours before the intervention * Antioxidant supplements 12 hours before the intervention * Drugs administration: Lipid lowering drugs, oral hypoglycemic agents such as metformin or sulfonylureas 12 hours before the intervention.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Cortisol hormone measurement1 -3 hoursMeasuring erythropoietin in nmol/L before and at 1 and 3 hours following pomegranate juice ingestion
Fasting serum glucose measurement1 - 3 hoursMeasuring the alteration in fasting serum glucose in mmol/L before and at 1 and 3 hours following pomegranate juice ingestion
Insulin hormone measurement1 - 3 hoursMeasuring insulin in μIU/mL before and at 1 and 3 hours following pomegranate juice ingestion
Erythropoietin hormone measurement1 - 3 hoursMeasuring erythropoietin in mIU/mL before and at 1 and 3 hours following pomegranate juice ingestion
Thyroxine hormone measurement1 - 3 hoursMeasuring erythropoietin in μg/dL before and at 1 and 3 hours following pomegranate juice ingestion

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Testosterone hormone measurement1 - 3 hoursMeasuring testosterone in ng/dL before and at 1 and 3 hours following pomegranate juice ingestion
Aldosterone hormone measurement1 - 3 hoursMeasuring aldosterone in ng/dL before and at 1 and 3 hours following pomegranate juice ingestion
Serum total antioxidant activity measurement1 - 3 hoursMeasuring serum total antioxidant activity in Trolox equivalents before and at 1 and 3 hours following pomegranate juice ingestion
Melatonin hormone measurement1 - 3 hoursMeasuring Melatonin in pg/mL before and at 1 and 3 hours following pomegranate juice ingestion

Countries

Jordan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 21, 2026