Allium Extracts on the Incidence of Respiratory Infection Symptoms in Healthy Elderly Volunteers

Domca

Status: Completed

Conditions: Immunity

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Control; Dietary Supplement: Garlic and onion concentrate

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT04647071

C002

Details and patient eligibility

About

To analyze the efficacy of daily consumption of a combination of garlic and onion extracts on the incidence of respiratory infection symptoms in healthy elderly volunteers living in a residence.

The duration of symptoms and related medication will also be studied.

Full description

It is a controlled, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group nutritional intervention study.

66 healthy elderly volunteers living in a nursing home will be randomly distributed into 2 equal groups: control group and intervention group.

For 36 weeks the volunteers will take the product immediately after lunch. During that time they will maintain their lifestyle and nutritional habits.

Every 4 weeks, the medical team of the residence will review the cases of respiratory diseases of infectious origin of the volunteers.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Live in a nursing home with medical services.
• Accept being vaccinated for the flu.
• Freely accepted to participate in the study and sign the informed consent document.
• Have the consent of the family.

Exclusion criteria

• Having any disease that affects the development and results of the study.
• Be unable to understand the study and sign voluntarily and freely the informed consent.
• Have a low expectation of compliance with the study protocol.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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66 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Microcrystalline cellulose (9892- Capsules®) up to 400 mg.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Garlic and onion concentrate

Dietary Supplement: Control

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Garlic concentrated extract plus onion concentrated extract plus microcrystalline cellulose (9892- Capsules®) up to 400 mg.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Garlic and onion concentrate

Dietary Supplement: Control