Ayurveda as Prophylaxis for Suspected COVID-19 Patients

British Ayurvedic Medical Council

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Covid-19

Treatments: Other: Ayurveda

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04395976

BAMC01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite worldwide efforts to contain, manage and treat Covid-19, the pandemic is continuing to spread. This calls for an urgent clinically-proven prophylaxis and therapeutic strategy. Recent developments on the use of traditional medicines in Covid-19 management has drawn enough attention to start several research studies. Based on the Indian Traditional Medicine, Ayurveda's community initiatives, preliminary studies, and our experiential knowledge on Covid-19 settings, we propose present study to prevent the development of COVID-19 symptoms in people who live or have come contact with an individual diagnosed with COVID-19.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Person who has come into contact with confirmed COVID-19,
• Willing to take study drug as directed

Exclusion criteria

• Confirmed current COVID-19
• Inability to take medications orally
• Inability to provide written consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants randomised into the control group receive conventional standard care given by recommended guideline.

Ayurveda

Experimental group

Description:

Treatment includes a tailored combination of herbs based on individual constitution (based on Ayurveda) nutritional advice, specific consideration of selected food items, specific lifestyle advice, yoga advice along with standard recommendations.

Treatment:

Other: Ayurveda