NCT01679366

The Effectiveness of Probiotics for the Therapy of Acute Pharyngotonsillitis in Adult Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ziv Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The addition of probiotics to the routine therapy of Acute Pharyngotonsillitis in adult patients may shorten the duration, and reduce the severity of the disease.

Detailed description

Hypothesis The addition of probiotics to the routine therapy of AP in adult patients may shorten the duration, and reduce the severity of the disease. Study design A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study comparing treatment with probiotics to placebo in patients with AP. The study will be conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration and will be approved by the Human Experimentation Ethics Committee of the Ziv Medical Center. Signed informed consent will be required from all patients before inclusion.

Conditions

• Throat Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Placebo	1 tablet 2 times daily
DRUG	Probiotics	1 tablet twice daily

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2013-09-01
• Completion: 2013-10-01
• First posted: 2012-09-06
• Last updated: 2014-10-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel