Homeopathic Cold Medicine for Children

University of Washington

Status: Completed

Conditions: Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

Treatments: Drug: Hyland's Cold 'n Cough 4 Kids

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00858494

35537

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if a commercially available homeopathic cold remedy for children is effective in providing relief from cold symptoms in children 2-5 years old. It is postulated that children will have relief of symptoms after receiving a dose of the cold remedy

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 24 to 59 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children 24-59 months old
• Cold/cough symptoms of <7 days duration
• Diagnosed with upper respiratory tract infection by physician or nurse practitioner
• Parent who speaks and reads English

Exclusion criteria

• Use of chronic medication other than multivitamins
• History of asthma
• Medication other than acetaminophen or ibuprofen
• Use of homeopathic remedy within preceding 30 days
• Only 1 participant per family

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

homeopathic cold remedy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Drug: Hyland's Cold 'n Cough 4 Kids