study of the effect of an oral formulation of fig and olive on rheumatoid arthritis (ra) remission indicators: a randomized clinical trial

this study was designed to explore the complementary effects of a combination formulation of olive oil, olive and fig fruits on ra remission indicators. a randomized controlled clinical trial was designed. adult ra patients were randomly divided into two groups receiving routine disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (dmards) regimen (control group) and routine dmards regimen plus the herbal supplementary formulation of olive oil, fig and olive fruits (intervention group). patients were followed every 4 weeks for total study period of 16 weeks. in addition to demographic and medical history of the patients, the disease activity score with 28-joint counts based on erythrocyte sedimentation rate (das28_esr) were recorded. spss (version 22.0) software was used to analyze data, assuming p