Table A2.

Records of clinical trials excluded from the systematic review.

Reason for Exclusion	Document Excluded
They do not meet the selection criteria (n = 19)	NCT04449198, NCT03762096, NCT03436992, NCT01997762, NCT03436992, IRCT201710108129N11, CTRI/2017/04/008384, NCT04449198, NCT00823381, NCT01593605, NCT02565979, NCT02129595, NCT02247596, NCT02834078, NCT01451918, NCT01714102, NCT03597568, NCT01150955, NCT03866005
They do not assess glycemic parameters (n = 8)	IRCT20171118037528N1, NCT01158417, NCT03762096, NCT01354977, NCT02502253, NCT02216552, NCT01302639, NCT02244879
Unpublished data (n = 7)	SLCTR/2018/019, IRCT201601022394N19, NCT01038089, NCT05172947IRCT201411112394N14, NCT02502253, NCT02549924,
Published data included in review (n = 11)	IRCT2016100716876N2, NCT02704494 (Sattarinezhad, 2019) [35], IRCT2015080223336N2 (Khodabandehloo, 2018) [30], IRCT2015072523336N1 (Seyyedebrahimi, 2018) [31], IRCT2015012420765N1 (Javid, 2016) [29], ACTRN12613000717752 (Thazhath, 2016) [39], IRCT201111198129N1 (Movahed, 2013) [33], CTRI/2011/05/001731 (Bhatt, 2012; Bhatt, 2013) [27,28], ACTRN12610000565044 (Basmakov, 2014) [24], NCT01677611 (Goh, 2014) [34], NCT01638780 (Timmers, 2016) [36].
Published data excluded from review (n = 3)	ACTRN12614000891628 (Wong, 2016), NCT01881347 (Zhang, 2017), NCT02244879 (Bo, 2018)
Language other than English or Spanish (n = 1)	IRCT20191203045588N1
Ongoing (n = 2)	CTRI/2022/05/042806, ISRCTN15172592