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Boswellia Serrata Extract in Acute Diarrhea

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Acute Diarrhea
Boswellia Serrata
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: lecithin-based delivery form of Boswellia serrata
Combination Product: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT05345028
Lead Sponsor
Azienda di Servizi alla Persona di Pavia
Brief Summary

Acute diarrhea is a frequent problem worldwide, mostly due to gastrointestinal infections or food poisoning. Boswellia serrata could be active in the treatment of acute diarrhea due to its an-ti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and antimicrobial activity.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
49
Inclusion Criteria
  • presence of acute diarrhea of mild to moderate severity
Exclusion Criteria
  • patients with long term diarrhea
  • iatrogenic diarrhea
  • symptoms of functional gut disease or severe inter-current diseases
  • severe diarrhea and dehydration requiring hospitalization and intravenous treatment
  • subjects with high temperature (> 38.5° C)
  • subjects treated by other anti-diarrheal and antibiotic drugs in the last 24 hours
  • severely malnourished subjects
  • pregnant women

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Boswellia Phytosomelecithin-based delivery form of Boswellia serrata-
PlaceboPlacebo-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Stoppage of diarrheaFrom baseline to 5 days

the occurrence of the first formed stool or a period of 12 hours without any liquid or soft stools

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Self-assessed symptomsAfter 5 days

percentage of subjects without diarrhea within 5 days of treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Azienda di Servizi alla Persona

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Pavia, Italy

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