Ayurveda for Flu Like Illness During Covid-19 Outbreak

Aarogyam UK

Status: Completed

Conditions: Flu Like Illness

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Ayurveda; Other: Usual Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04351542

AU09

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ayurveda in reducing symptoms of flu like illness during the Covid 19 outbreak.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with fu like symptoms within 48 hours of onset during March2020
• Mild to moderate symptoms who were advised to self isolate at home for 7-14 days
• Flu like symptoms present at least one respiratory symptom (e.g. cough, nasal obstruction, sore throat) and at least one constitutional symptom other than fever (e.g. fatigue, headache, myalgias) of less than 48-hour duration
• Willing to consent and follow up

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant/lactating

  • Participants with chronic pulmonary diseases or critical condition or already developed severe respiratory distress
  • Clinically malignancies, systemic infection, other medical or psychiatric condition which places the subject at unacceptable risk to participate in the study - Known hypersensitivity to any ayurveda herbal substances

• Severe symptoms of respiratory distress patients deemed to require intensive care immediately

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Ayurveda Care Group

Experimental group

Description:

Individualised ayurveda treatment was given to participants based on individual constitution.

Treatment:

Other: Usual Care

Dietary Supplement: Ayurveda

Usual Care Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants followed the usual care.

Treatment:

Other: Usual Care