Cocoa Butter for Prevention of Stretch Marks | NCT00114660

Studies
Cocoa Butter for Prevention of Stretch Marks

NCT00114660

Sponsor

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Mar 6, 2009Estimated

Enrollment

200

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Striae Gravidarum
Pregnancy

Interventions

Cocoa butter application

Countries

Lebanon

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

ID	Type	Description	Link
R588416

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Mar 2007

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Nov 2004

Primary Completion Date

Not provided

Completion Date

Jul 2006Actual

First Submitted Date

Jun 16, 2005

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Jun 16, 2005

First Posted Date

Jun 17, 2005Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Mar 5, 2009

Last Update Posted Date

Mar 6, 2009Estimated

Name	Class
Wellcome Trust	OTHER

Description Module

Brief Summary

This study will check to see if using cocoa butter lotion on the belly, breasts and thighs will help reduce the appearance of stretch marks in pregnancy. Women entering the study will either receive a lotion containing cocoa butter with vitamin E or a lotion containing only vitamin E. After delivery, the study investigators will evaluate whether the women who used cocoa butter lotion were less likely to develop stretch marks.

Detailed Description

Primigravid women presenting for prenatal care in the first trimester will be recruited to participate in the study. They will be randomly assigned to receive the study lotion (a commercially available lotion containing cocoa butter with viatmin E), a placebo lotion (a lotion containing vitamin E but no cocoa butter). Participants and investigators will be blinded to the lotion assignment.

Women will be asked to apply a thin layer of the lotion to their abdomen, breasts and thighs once daily until the date of delivery. Participants will be recruited as early in their pregnancy as possible but will not be asked to start applying the lotion before 12 weeks of pregnancy. Women presenting after 20 weeks of pregnancy will not be eligible to participate in the study. The cocoa butter and placebo lotions have been made up to look, smell and feel the same and will be provided to the participants in identical containers. Women who have known hypersensitivity to cocoa butter or any of the components of the lotion will be excluded from the study.

Participants will be assessed at study entry for presence of stretch marks. Baseline information will be collected at that time including pre-pregnancy weight, skin type, and history of stretch marks in the mother or siblings. Women will then be followed up monthly by telephone to assess compliance with the regimen and ensure that they are not developing skin reactions.

Participants will be assessed for the development of stretch marks after delivery. Women will also be asked to provide their own assessment of their skin condition in terms of presence/absence of stretch marks and their severity.

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

200

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Cocoa butter application	Drug

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Development of stretch marks

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Primigravid women in first trimester of pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

Hypersensitivity of cocoa butter

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

Female

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

Not provided

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

ChildAdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Hibah Osman, MD	American University of Beirut Medical Center	Principal Investigator

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
American University of Beirut		Beirut			Lebanon

References Module

Citations

PubMed Identifier	Type	Citation	Retractions
18715434	Result	Osman H, Usta IM, Rubeiz N, Abu-Rustum R, Charara I, Nassar AH. Cocoa butter lotion for prevention of striae gravidarum: a double-blind, randomised and placebo-controlled trial. BJOG. 2008 Aug;115(9):1138-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01796.x.

ID	Term
D012877	Skin Manifestations
D012816	Signs and Symptoms
D013568	Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms