Methodological insights into intervention and outcomes in randomised controlled trials of herbal medicine for obesity: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With rising obesity rates worldwide, clinical trials focused on identifying effective treatments are increasing. While guidelines exist for pharmaceutical drugs targeting obesity, there are none for herbal medicine clinical trials for anti-obesity. Both industries refer to the same guidelines for clinical trials.

Objectives

This scoping review aimed to gather information from herbal medicine anti-obesity randomised controlled trials (RCTs), analyse the methodologies and assess their alignment with international guidelines.

Eligibility criteria

This review included RCTs of participants of all ages with obesity utilising herbal medicine with any comparators and focusing on various outcome measures.Sources of evidence: Only published journal articles were incl

SUBMITTER: Chan JSW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11795625 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature