Active clinical trials for "Common Cold"

Pomegranate has a long history of use in folk medicine. There is vast data on the health benefits of pomegranate fruit and juice. Multiple studies have established the strong antioxidative effects of pomegranate polyphenols (primarily the ellagitannin punicalagin) and their health effects. A vast number of animal and human clinical studies have provided evidence on effect of pomegranate products on reducing symptoms of common cold, reducing blood pressure, improving endothelial function, anti-tumor activity, and its anti-atherosclerotic activity. This study will evaluate the protective effect of a pomegranate concentrate (POMx) in decreasing the incidence and duration of the common cold among healthy adults.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of the drug associations in the treatment of common cold symptoms.

This is a multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind, triple-dummy, parallel group, comparative, study designed to evaluate the efficacy of Ibuprofen (IBU) 200 mg/ Phenylephrine (PE) 10 mg and IBU 200 mg/ PE 10 mg/ Chlorpheniramine (CHLOR) 4 mg on the relief of symptoms of the common cold and flu. The reference product that the active treatments will be compared to is paracetamol (PARA) 500 mg.

Introduction: Rhinitis, sinonasal polyposis (SP) and asthma are diseases whose pathogenesis is based on inflammation. This will determine the presence of disease, its evolution and its treatment. It is therefore very important to develop and validate methodologies that allow us to noninvasively detect inflammation of the airways. Thus, just as exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) has been studied as an important non-invasive marker of inflammation of the lower airways, nasal nitric oxide (nNO) may be a good marker of nasal inflammation. Furthermore, the electronic nose is an electronic nanosensor device capable of detecting specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can be used as a non-invasive biomarker of biochemical processes in different diseases whose pathophysiology is also based on inflammation. Objective: To determine reference values of nNO and different patterns of VOCs in healthy individuals, individuals with allergic rhinitis (AR) and non-allergic rhinitis and individuals with SP and asthma. Methodology: Prospective, controlled study. Four groups will be included: Healthy subjects, patients with AR, non-allergic rhinitis and patients with SP and asthma (n=252). Prick-test to pneumoallergens will be performed. Determination of FeNO, nNO, lung function tests, measurement of VOCs by the electronic nose and blood samples will be taken. Bilateral nasal endoscopy and sample collection using the technique of brushing of mucosa and the placement of filter papers, for the study of nasal cytology and mediators of inflammation.

This is a randomized clinical trial to assess the effect of rapid, near point-of-care testing for multiple common respiratory viruses and bacteria on antibiotic and anti-influenza medication use in emergency department (ED) patients with symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) and/or upper respiratory infection (URI).

This will be a single-center, randomized, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study to assess the local nasal tolerability and safety of multiple administrations of topically (intranasally) administered 1146A delivered by a nasal spray applicator in healthy adult participants

The objective of this investigation is to verify that ColdZyme® is deposited onto the throat and estimate the half-life of the ColdZyme® solution in the oropharynx of human volunteers using a log-linear mixed-effects model (LMM).

The purpose of the clinical study is to evaluate efficacy of regular daily, 12 weeks, consumption of EpiCor syrup containing EpiCor and vitamin C in non-vaccinated children 1-6 years old on preventing episodes of the common cold and flu as well as on the severity of symptoms of the common cold and flu in case of their occurrence. Additionally, the study aims to assess the effect of EpiCor on the use of prescription drugs and changes of a selected biochemical marker. This is a double-blind, randomized, controlled multi-center clinical trial.

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of nasal glucagon (NG) in participants with a common cold, some of whom will also take a nasal decongestant. The study will investigate how the body processes NG and the effect of NG on the body. The study will last up to 30 days for each participant.

Our primary objective is to set up the Human Rhinovirus (HRV)-model in our centre. In addition, to facilitate future clinical trials, we want to determine optimal read-out parameters and read-out time points for experimental HRV infection in healthy volunteers. Furthermore, we want to analyze to what extent HRV can cause systemic immune effects, and we want to test if subjects with antibodies against HRV can be re-infected with the same virus, and if the presence of HRV antibodies influences the local clinical and immunological response upon infection. Additionally, to gain insight in the immune modulating properties of HRV, we want to investigate the immunological response to a HRV re-infection within one week to determine if there are mechanisms that provide immediate protection against re-infection. This facilitates a cross-over design of future pharmacological intervention-trials. Furthermore, we want to investigate the capacity of HRV infection to modulate the systemic immune response by analyzing the response of leukocytes ex vivo stimulated with different stimuli. Moreover, we want to evaluate the effects of HRV-16 infection on the host transcriptome and metabolome. Finally, The influence of HRV-16 infection on nasal and gut microbiota will be assessed.