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The Effectiveness of Probiotics for the Therapy of Acute Pharyngotonsillitis in Adult Patients

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01679366
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 6, 2012
Last Update Posted : October 22, 2014
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Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Ziv Hospital

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The addition of probiotics to the routine therapy of Acute Pharyngotonsillitis in adult patients may shorten the duration, and reduce the severity of the disease.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Throat Pain Drug: Placebo Drug: Probiotics Phase 3

Detailed Description:

Hypothesis The addition of probiotics to the routine therapy of AP in adult patients may shorten the duration, and reduce the severity of the disease.

Study design A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study comparing treatment with probiotics to placebo in patients with AP.

The study will be conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration and will be approved by the Human Experimentation Ethics Committee of the Ziv Medical Center. Signed informed consent will be required from all patients before inclusion.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 57 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: The Effectiveness of Probiotics for the Therapy of Acute Pharyngotonsillitis in Adult Patients
Study Start Date : October 2012
Actual Primary Completion Date : September 2013
Actual Study Completion Date : October 2013
Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
No Intervention: Penicillin G
hospitalization of 30 patients given penicilline intraveniously for 72 hours
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
30 hospitalized patients will be given placebo with a regular penicillin treatment
 Drug: Placebo
1 tablet 2 times daily
Other Name: Sugar pill for mimic probiotics
Experimental: Probiotic
Probiotics will be given to 30 hospitalized patients with regular penicillin treatment
 Drug: Probiotics
1 tablet twice daily
Other Name: BLIS


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. period of disease [ Time Frame: 10 days ]
    Patients will be followed daily while hospitalized. After discharge patients will fill a daily dairy for 10 days and record symptoms, signs, drinking, eating, and return to normal life. All dairies will be collected on day 10 of the study.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. analysis [ Time Frame: 10 days ]
    Follow-up throat culture, CBC, CRP, and ESR on day 4 of the study or at discharge if before. For patients with abnormal laboratory tests on admission, repeat tests are performed before discharge according to the routine of the department. For patients with normal tests on admission, these tests will be part of the study. For patients with Streptococcus pyogenes growth on admission and day 4 of the study, another throat culture will be done on day 10 of the study


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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age over 18 years
  • Acute pharyngotonsillitis for which hospitalization for intravenous antibiotic treatment and/or fluids is needed

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current therapy with systemic prednisone or equivalent at 20 mg/d for more than 10 days prior to inclusion
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Locations
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Israel
Ziv Medical Center
Safed, Israel
Sponsors and Collaborators
Ziv Hospital
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Leonid Livshits, MD Ziv Medical Center
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Responsible Party: Ziv Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01679366    
Other Study ID Numbers: 0054-11-ZIV
First Posted: September 6, 2012    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: October 22, 2014
Last Verified: November 2011