NCT04554342

Testing of a Candy in Five Different Versions for the Additional Humidification of the Oral Cavity

Testing of a Candy in Five Different Versions for the Additional Humidification of the Oral Cavity (DESERTO)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is to investigate whether a candy can increase moisture of the oral cavity and reduce dryness of mouth.

Detailed description

A candy (available on the market from a Swiss manufacturer (Ricola)), free of ingredients that could interfere with the investigation, is tested in five different versions on different days. It is to analyse whether these candies can increase moisture of the oral cavity and reduce dryness of mouth.

Conditions

• Xerostomia
• Dryness of Mouth

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	V01 candy	candy with sweetener (Isomalt) and apple flavour
OTHER	V02 candy	candy with with sweetener (Isomalt) and apple flavour and acidifying agent (apple acid + citric acid)
OTHER	V03 candy	candy with with sweetener (Isomalt) and apple flavour and acidifying agent (apple acid + citric acid) and Vitamin C
OTHER	V04 candy	candy with sweetener (Isomalt) (control group 1)
OTHER	V05 candy	candy with with sweetener (Isomalt) and acidifying agent (apple acid + citric acid) (control group 2)

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-28
• Primary completion: 2021-02-10
• Completion: 2021-02-18
• First posted: 2020-09-18
• Last updated: 2021-02-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland