Iota-Carrageenan Nasal Spray in Common Cold
- Conditions
- Common Cold
- Registration Number
- NCT01944631
- Lead Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Brief Summary
- The aim of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of Iota-Carrageenan treatment on cold symptoms. The effect of treatment on the duration of the cold and the patients viral load plus cytokine level indicating the inflammatory response will be analyzed. 
- Detailed Description
- Not available 
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
- Name - Time - Method - Total Symptom Score (TSS) Over Days 2 to 4 (TSS2-4) - Days 2, 3 and 4 - The total symptom score (TSS) is the sum of the 8 single common cold symptom scores consisting of 3 systemic (headache, muscle ache and chilliness) and 5 local (sore throat, blocked nose, runny nose, cough and sneezing) symptoms. 
 Each common cold symptom was scored on a 4-point ordinal scale:
 * 0 = symptom not present
 * 1 = mild symptom (I can feel it but it has not disturbed or irritated me)
 * 2 = moderate symptom (symptom has disturbed and irritated me some of the time)
 * 3 = severe symptom (symptom has disturbed and irritated me most of the time)
 The mean over days 2 to 4 (TSS2-4) was calculated as (TSS2 + TSS3 + TSS4)/3 where TSS2, TSS3 and TSS4 are the total symptom scores calculated for days 2, 3 and 4 respectively. TSS2-4 ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 24 (severe symptoms).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
- Name - Time - Method - Mean of the Sum of 3 Single Systemic Common Cold Symptom Scores Over Days 2 to 4 (SSS2-4) - Days 2, 3 and 4 - The mean of the sum of 3 single systemic common cold symptom scores (headache, muscle ache, chilliness). 
 Each common cold symptom was scored on a 4-point ordinal scale:
 * 0 = symptom not present
 * 1 = mild symptom (I can feel it but it has not disturbed or irritated me)
 * 2 = moderate symptom (symptom has disturbed and irritated me some of the time)
 * 3 = severe symptom (symptom has disturbed and irritated me most of the time)
 The mean of the sum of 3 single systemic common cold symptom scores over days 2-4 was calculated as (SSS2 + SSS3 + SSS4)/3 where SSS2, SSS3 and SSS4 are the systemic common cold symptom scores calculated for days 2, 3 and 4 respectively. SSS2-4 ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 9 (severe symptoms).- Mean of the Sum of 5 Single Local Common Cold Symptom Scores Mean Over Days 2 to 4 (LSS2-4) - Days 2, 3 and 4 - The mean of the sum of 5 single local common cold symptom scores (sore throat, blocked nose, runny nose, cough and sneezing). 
 Each common cold symptom was scored on a 4-point ordinal scale:
 * 0 = symptom not present
 * 1 = mild symptom (I can feel it but it has not disturbed or irritated me)
 * 2 = moderate symptom (symptom has disturbed and irritated me some of the time)
 * 3 = severe symptom (symptom has disturbed and irritated me most of the time)
 The mean of the sum of 5 single local common cold symptom scores over days 2 to 4 was calculated as (LSS2 + LSS3 + LSS4)/3 where LSS2, LSS3 and LSS4 are the local common cold symptom scores calculated for days 2, 3 and 4 respectively. LSS2-4 ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 15 (severe symptoms).- Area Under the Curve (AUC) Over the 10-day Period for the TSS (AUC-TSS 1-10) - Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 - The total symptom score (TSS) is the sum of the 8 single common cold symptom scores consisting of 3 systemic (headache, muscle ache and chilliness) and 5 local (sore throat, blocked nose, runny nose, cough and sneezing) symptoms. 
 Each common cold symptom was scored on a 4-point ordinal scale:
 * 0 = symptom not present
 * 1 = mild symptom (I can feel it but it has not disturbed or irritated me)
 * 2 = moderate symptom (symptom has disturbed and irritated me some of the time)
 * 3 = severe symptom (symptom has disturbed and irritated me most of the time)
 The Area under the curve (AUC) over the 10-day period for the total symptom score (AUC-TSS 1-10) was calculated as the sum of the TSS calculated on each day from day 1 to day 10. AUC-TSS 1-10 ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 270 (severe symptoms).- Duration of the Cold - Baseline up to 10 days - Duration of the common cold was assessed by the question "Do you still have a cold?" at the end of each treatment day. The duration of the cold was defined as ended by the first day of a "No" answer to this daily question. - Patient Overall Assessment of Efficacy - Day 10 - Patient overall assessment of efficacy was assessed by the question "How effective was the treatment in relieving your common cold symptoms?" at day 10. A 5-point scale was used (0=poor, 1=fair, 2=good, 3=very good, 4=excellent). 
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
- 1326.1.44001 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site 🇬🇧- Cardiff, United Kingdom 1326.1.44001 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site🇬🇧Cardiff, United Kingdom
