Trial reportBMC research notes2021
The effect of Melissa officinalis syrup on patients with mild to moderate psoriasis: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.
Trial report in BMC research notes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Natural Biomedicines for Immune-Mediated and Inflammatory Dermatologic Diseases.Clinical drug investigation · 2025Pooled it
- Multi-Target Anti-Psoriatic Effects ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Review
- The Therapeutic Potential ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Galium verum L. extract mitigates cardiovascular events in psoriasis rats.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2025Article
- Caffeic Acid Reduces Ferroptosis to Dampen Inflammation of Keratinocytes in Psoriasis by Inhibiting EGR1-induced Transcription Activation of CHAC1.Current molecular medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivePsoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease. It can involve any body skin area, particularly the scalp, lower back, elbows, and knees. There are several topical and systemic therapies for the treatment. Nowadays, herbal medicines are popular treatments for dermatologic conditions. This two-arm parallel, randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted to examine the hypothesis of the efficacy of Melissa officinalis syrup on patients with mild-to-moderate Plaque psoriasis.
resultAmong 100 patients, 95 participants completed the trial and five of them withdrew. The mean pruritus intensity and PASI scores decreased significantly in the intervention group compared to the placebo group (P < 0.001). The DLQI score in the intervention group increased post-treatment compared to pre-treatment (P = 0.029); however, there was no significant difference between the intervention and control group at the end of the study (0.065).
trial registrationThe trial was registered in the Iranian registry of clinical trials on November 9th, 2019 ( https://www.irct.ir/trial/43434 ; registration number: IRCT20191104045326N1).
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