ocal application of Povidone Iodine solution in nose and oral gargle for house hold contacts of COVID19 cases
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/06/025928
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sumita Shankar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1- Household (HH) contacts of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 case(s) (more than or equal to one case per HH)
2- Willing to carry out the procedures four times daily for 7 days if provided with the gargle solution.
3- Resident in the area for the last six months.
4- Persons willing to be part of this protocol and sign informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
1- Allergy (hypersensitivity) to povidone iodine.
2- Currently have or have ever had a thyroid problem, including swelling.
3- Pregnant women and lactating mothers.
4- Persons who are unable to carry out the intervention due to intellectual disability.
5- Persons who are too ill to participate.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Decrease in the attack rate of Primary and Secondary contacts of COVID19 patients and reduction of the Viral Load (Using cycle threshold values of RT PCR at different timelines)Timepoint: 7th day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Early recovery from infection and no relapse of infection.Timepoint: 7th and 21 st day