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The effect of daily dose of a herbal preparation (Link Samahan R) on the incidence and severity of upper respiratory symptoms in consenting adult healthy volunteers: an open label controlled trial

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SLCTR Registration Number

SLCTR/2011/001


Date of Registration

14 Jan 2011

The date of last modification

Mar 03, 2019


Trial Status



Application Summary


Scientific Title of Trial

The effect of daily dose of a herbal preparation (Link Samahan R) on the incidence and severity of upper respiratory symptoms in consenting adult healthy volunteers: an open label controlled trial


Public Title of Trial

A trial of a herbal preparation (Link Samahan R) on the incidence of upper respiratory symptoms


Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied

Upper respiratory symptoms


Scientific Acronym

None


Public Acronym

None


Brief title

None


Universal Trial Number

None


Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority

(ERC/ 10-014) Ethical Review Committee of the Sri Lanka Medical Association)


Trial Details


What is the research question being addressed?

Does a daily dose of Link Samahan reduce the incidence of upper respiratory symptoms in healthy people?


Type of study

Interventional


Study design

Allocation

Single arm study


Masking

Masking not used


Control

Uncontrolled


Assignment

Single


Purpose

Prevention


Study Phase

Not Available


Intervention(s) planned

Giving one packet of Link Samahan R daily for 3 months


Inclusion criteria

All consenting healthy adults between 20 and 50 years old employed at MAS Linea Aqua (Pvt.) Ltd.


Exclusion criteria

Pregnant and breast feeding women



Primary outcome(s)

1.

Incidence of defined upper respirartory symptoms

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Incidence of defined upper respiratory symptoms will be recorded in control and test groups for 120 days

]

Secondary outcome(s)

1.

Severity of upper respiratory symptoms

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Over 120 consecutive days

]

Target number/sample size

800 participants


Countries of recruitment

Sri Lanka


Anticipated start date

2011-01-21


Anticipated end date

2011-09-30


Date of first enrollment


Date of study completion


Recruitment status

Complete: follow up complete


Funding source

Link Natural Products (Pvt.) Ltd.


Regulatory approvals



State of Ethics Review Approval


Status

Approved


Date of Approval

2010-12-02


Approval number

ERC/10-014


Details of Ethics Review Committee

Name: Ethics Review Committee, Sri Lanka Medical Association,
Institutional Address:No 6, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 00700 Sri Lanka
Telephone:+94-11-2693324
Email: erc.slma@gmail.com

Contact & Sponsor Information


Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator

Professor. Colvin Goonaratna
Registrar, Ceylon Medical College Council
Faculty of Medicine, Colombo 8,
4612643


si7np5e@gmail.com

Contact Person for Public Queries

Professor. Colvin Goonaratna
Registrar, Ceylon Medical College Council
Faculty of Medicine, Colombo 8,
4612643


si7np5e@gmail.com


Primary study sponsor/organization

Link Natural Products (Pvt.) Ltd.

Malinda, Kapugoda
2409294 2409293

rd@linknaturalproducts.com
www.linknaturalproducts.com

Secondary study sponsor (If any)

None





Trial Completion details


Do the investigators plan to share identified individual clinical trial participant-level data (IPD)?


IPD sharing plan description


Study protocol available


Protocol version and date

Not Available


Protocol URL

Not Available


Results summary available

No


Date of posting results


Date of study completion


Final sample size


Date of first publication


Link to results


Brief summary of results