Homeopathic treatment of sore throat in childre
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J038- Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050305
- Lead Sponsor
- D N De Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.Children suffering from acute sore throat of resent onset (<= 3 days), representing with clinical features of acute vial tonsillitis, scoring >= 5 on tonsillopharyngitis assessment (TPA) and viral aetiology confirmed by RTPCR, and bacterial origin will be excluded by bacterial culture.
2.Participants of either sex.
3.Age between 5 and 15 years.
4.Literate patientâ??s parents; ability to read and write in Bengali and/or English. Illiterate participants will be interviewed by the investigators maintaining adequate privacy to fill up the scale or questionnaires.
5.The parents providing written informed consent voluntarily and the children providing with informed assent.
1.Causes other than viral.
2.Presence of uncontrolled co-morbidities.
3.Self-reported immune-compromised state.
4.Vulnerable population - unconscious, non-ambulatory, too sick for consultation, differently abled, terminally ill or critically ill patients, mentally incompetent people.
5.Simultaneous participation in any other clinical trials.
6.Exclusion of patient with COVID-19 as detected by the rapid antigen detection test.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Tonsillo-pharyngitis assessment (TPA) scoreTimepoint: Baseline, every day, up to 7 days, and 10th and 15th days.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Days to complete recoveryTimepoint: Baseline, every day, up to 7 days, and 10th and 15th days.;Days to remission of sore throatTimepoint: Baseline, every day, up to 7 days, and 10th and 15th days.;Sore throat pain model (STPM)Timepoint: Baseline, every day, up to 7 days, and 10th and 15th days.