Intravenous Vitamin C in the Treatment of Viral Infection, Especially in the Treatment of Shingles (168)

Pascoe Natural Healthcare

Status: Completed

Conditions: Herpes Zoster; Virus Diseases

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00921934

168 A 08 VC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic viral infections induce oxidative stress that can cause a number of concomitant diseases, e.g. cardio-vascular diseases or metabolic disorders. Therefore, a sufficient treatment of oxidative stress may be of benefit for the patient to prevent further diseases.

Shingles (herpes zoster infection) have been successfully treated with antioxidative substances like high-dose vitamin C for ages. Not only the acute symptoms can be diminished by high-dose vitamin C. Even long-term sequelae, like painful post-herpetic neuropathy, may be mitigated or even fully avoided.

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Due to the design of an Observational Cohort Study, no inclusion or exclusion criteria are named. The included patient group is described under "Cohort / Group".

Observational Criteria:

• adult patients
• acute viral infection (especially herpes zoster)
• Primary Care patient
• eligible for add-on therapy with vitamin C
• willingness to provide pseudonymized data to the Sponsor

Trial design

68 participants in 1 patient group

Vitamin C

Description:

Adult patients suffering from acute viral infection, especially herpes zoster, presenting themselves in Primary Care Centers or hospitals all over Germany, and who are treated with standard therapy and add-on vitamin C.