NCT04589481

Effectiveness of Different Candies Against Bad Breath

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 35 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is to analyze whether the candies can relieve or eliminate bad breath, both subjectively and objectively.

Detailed description

This study is to systematically examine an existing candy, which is easily available and is intended to relieve or eliminate bad breath. The main aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of the candies on the subjective perception of bad breath. The secondary outcome of the study is to investigate whether there is actually a decrease in volatile sulphur compounds (VSC) in the exhaled air and also a decrease in bad breath during organoleptic measurement. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether the different candies can relieve or eliminate bad breath, both subjectively and objectively.

Conditions

• Bad Breath

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intake of 3 different candies against bad breath	Intake of 3 different candies against bad breath on three different days (2-days interval each) after artificially creating a temporary bad breath (by eating of chips and cheese); analysis of breathing during intake of candy both subjectively and objectively

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-23
• Primary completion: 2021-06-01
• Completion: 2021-06-01
• First posted: 2020-10-19
• Last updated: 2021-06-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland