Does ColdZyme mouth spray protect athletes against upper respiratory tract infection?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- pper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in healthy, free-living athletesRespiratory
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN18133939
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Kent
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 114
Inclusion Criteria
Endurance-trained, competitive athletes (e.g. long-distance runners, triathletes, cyclists), with a high training load (i.e. >5 hours planned training and/or activity per week)
Exclusion Criteria
1. On long-term medication
2. Currently smoking
3. Allergic to any of the ingredients in ColdZyme
4. Currently using any medication (except for contraceptives), or food supplements
5. Currently using any other relevant products or supplements (nutritional or otherwise) that may influence the common cold
6. Currently taking part in another study that may compromise the results of this study
7. Currently pregnant, breast-feeding or planning to become pregnant during the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method RTI episode duration recorded using the Jackson common cold questionnaire completed daily by participants during the 3-month monitoring period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method