Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of the Efficacy and Tolerability of ABO/MEG-B-09 in Children With Acute Cough
Lead Sponsor:
Aboca Spa Societa' Agricola
Collaborating Sponsors:
Sprim Advanced Life Sciences
Conditions:
Cough
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-6 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The present clinical trial will examine the use of ABO/MEG-B-09 syrup in children with acute cough as compared to a placebo syrup.
Detailed Description
Subjects will be asked to take 4 doses of 5 ml containing a mixture of honey and other natural ingredients or a placebo syrup everyday, during 8 days. The following outcomes will be noted down in a di...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Children aged between 3 and 6
- Acute cough - lasting 1-3 weeks
- Written informed consent by the parents/legal tutors
- Parents/legal tutors must be willing not to give to the child other medications or products for the treatment of cough during the study period, unless they become clinically indicated in which case a rescue regimen can be administered and the child will be withdrawn from the study
- Parents/legal tutors must be willing to comply with the study protocol
Exclusion
- Children treated with immunostimulators and immune regulating drugs during the last month before starting the study
- Children with immunodeficiencies or immune suppression
- Children with chronic diseases - Pulmonary Diseases, Renal insufficiency, Heart diseases
- Children treated with antibiotics, including prophylactic treatment
- Children being treated with systemic corticosteroids - including oral aerosol inhaler
- Children with potential immunosuppressive viral diseases - Measles, Chickenpox, Rubella, Infectious mononucleosis - within the last month
- Children who have participated in previous studies with experimental products within the last month
- Children with asthma or suspected diagnosis of asthma
- Children with bacterial diseases - Pneumonia, Sepsis
- Children with diabetes because of the high content of sugar of the study products - ABO/MEG-B-09 and placebo
- Children allergic to any study product ingredients
- Children/Parents/legal tutors with psychological condition that may, in the investigator's opinion, adversely affect their co-operation with the study protocol - syrup administration or compilation of the diary
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
102 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01259674
Start Date
October 1 2010
End Date
April 1 2011
Last Update
December 2 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Santa Maria della Misercordia di Udine Hospital
Udine, Udine, Italy, 33100