A study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a complementary medicine formulation, to help relieve cold & flu symptoms and reduce duration of a cold, in otherwise healthy adults.
- Conditions
- Treatment of the Common ColdTreatment of InfluenzaAlternative and Complementary Medicine - Herbal remediesInfection - Other infectious diseases
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12612001199808
- Lead Sponsor
- A/Professor Luis Vitetta
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 144
Healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 65.
Not using any form of vitamin or herbal product during the trial duration.
(Females) Be pregnant or attempting to conceive.
(Females) Be breastfeeding or be lactating for at least 3 months prior to study.
Participants that have active opportunistic infections or opportunistic malignancies requiring acute treatment.
Concurrent use of any other investigational product(s).
Presence of any other acute, recurrent or chronic ear, nose, throat and respiratory tract disease than the common cold (eg bronchitis, tonsillitis, allergic rhinitis, otitis, asthma etc)
Unintended weight loss of more than 15% of body weight in last six months.
Active substance abuse (alcohol or drug dependency).
Known or suspected hypersensitivity to ingredients of the trial intervention (i.e. Soy)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Relief of cold and influenza symptoms[Severity of symptoms to be recorded from the time the cold/flu in contracted until the episode is fully resolved, using a daily diary containing the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey Daily Symptom Report]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method nil[nil]