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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02345447
Other study ID # OTV.PRE.01.A3
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
First received
Last updated
Start date October 2013
Est. completion date October 2017

Study information

Verified date May 2018
Source University Hospital Tuebingen
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to study whether a herbal-based medication is superior to placebo for prevention of acute otitis media in pre-school children with upper respiratory tract infection.


Description:

This is a prospective, controlled parallel-group comparison for superiority of Otovowen®.

Patient will be identified by screening of patient cards. Patients with recurrent AOM aged 12 to 59 months will be randomly assigned either to Otovowen® or placebo. Randomization will be stratified by age at enrolment (12-35 versus 36-59 months).

The observation period per subject will be 6 months. Data collection and documentation will be performed weekly via online diary by the parents/legal representative(s) and by the investigator via eCRF.

Patients will be seen by the doctor at baseline and at end of study. Unscheduled visits in case of AOM or severe URI or any other disease are initiated by the parents/legal representative(s).

Study medication will be sent to the patient/parents/legal representative(s) after randomization. and will be administered at first signs or symptoms of URI (e. g. elevated temperature, common cold, influenza, coughing, sore throat, hoarse voice, frequent sneezing, running or stuffy nose, sinusitis, fever, headache, etc.) until resolved (maximally 8 weeks of continuous application).

AOM will be diagnosed during unscheduled visits according to the criteria detailed in the study protocol. An AOM will be considered as resolved through confirmation by the investigator only.

Compliance will be assessed by weighing contents of bottles of IMPs.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 296
Est. completion date October 2017
Est. primary completion date October 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 12 Months to 59 Months
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Children with at least 3 episodes of acute otitis media (AOM) within 12 months prior to study inclusion as documented in their medical records. Diagnosis criteria for AOM see study protocol

- parental written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Ongoing acute otitis media or URI

- Current prophylaxis/treatment for URI or AOM

- Current use of phytotherapeutic and homeopathic agents with secretolytic, anti-inflammatory or immune enhancing properties

- Use of tympanostomy tubes

- Chronic tympanic membrane perforation (TMP)

- Palatine cleft

- Parents/legal representative(s) of children unable to follow study procedures, who have no internet access and are not willing to use an online diary on a weekly basis

- History of hypersensitivity to the investigational drug or to its ingredients.

- Systemic, severe as well as history of uncontrolled chronic disease or a concurrent clinically significant illness, or medical condition, which in the investigator's opinion, would contraindicate study participation or compliance with protocol mandated procedures.

- Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial or participation in any clinical trial involving an investigational medicinal product within 30 days prior to written informed consent for this trial.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Herbal-based medication
Aconitum napellus, Capsicum annuum; Chamomilla recutita; Echinacea purpurea; Hydrargyrum bicyanatum; Hydrastis canadensis; Iodum; Natrium tetraboracicum; Sambucus nigra; Sanguinaria canadensis
Placebo
Aqueous ethanol solution non-distinguishable from verum

Locations

Country Name City State
Germany University Children's Hospital Tuebingen Tuebingen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Hospital Tuebingen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Number of acute otitis media episodes diagnosed by a physician within 6 months after enrolment per patient
Secondary Total number of acute otitis media per treatment group diagnosed in each patient within 6 months after enrolment
Secondary Number of unscheduled visits due to AOM within 6 months after enrolment
Secondary Number of AOM treated with antibiotics within 6 months after enrolment
Secondary Number of unscheduled visits due to URI within 6 months after enrolment
Secondary Number of URI treated with antibiotics within 6 months after enrolment
Secondary Number of days with URI within 6 months after enrolment
Secondary Subjective evaluation of efficacy by parent at indivdual study completion 6 months after enrolment
Secondary Subjective evaluation of tolerability by parent at indivdual study completion 6 months after enrolment
Secondary Occurence of adverse events within 6 months of enrolment
Secondary number of days with use of antipyretic, analgesic and antibiotic medication within 6 months of enrolment
Secondary Number of absent days from daycare (patient) / work (parent) within 6 months of enrolment
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