Scope of homoeopathic medicine in influenza
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Influenza like illness.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/04/002590
- Lead Sponsor
- Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 432
Patients meet all of the following criteria shall be eligible for study participation:
Patients of either sex, age group 12-60 years, presenting to study physician within 36hrs of onset of symptoms.
Patients presenting with signs/symptoms of influenza like illnesses: Abrupt onset of fever (>=100.4°F or 38oC body temp.) with at least one respiratory symptom ï??cough, sore throat, or nasal symptom (discharge, obstruction)ï?? and at least one constitutional symptom (headache, malaise, myalgia, sweats or chills, or fatigue).
Patients meeting any of the following criteria shall be excluded:
•Who have received other medication (anti-viral) within the 36 hours before entry into the study.
•Patients who had immunization against influenza or influenza like illnessess for that season.
•Inability to comply with the study protocol, including psychiatric diseases.
•Immune compromised or with other clinically active illness including cardiac or pulmonary diseases, hemoglobinopathies, renal dysfunction.
•Pregnant women.
•Lactating mother.
•History of drug or alcohol abuse.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate effect of Homoeopathic medicines in the treatment of influenza like illness.Timepoint: 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To caopare the complication rate among patients receiving homoeopathic medication as compare to the complication rate in patients receiving placebo. <br/ ><br>To compare the efficacy of LM potency vis-a-vis Centesimal potencyTimepoint: 2 years