Effect of Jing Si Herbal Tea Liquid Packets on Chronic Pharyngolaryngitis
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: control group, Jing Si herbal tea liquid packets.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Chronic Pharyngitis. Basic parameters: 20 years — 70 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Taiwan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effect of Jing Si Herbal Tea Liquid Packets on Chronic Pharyngolaryngitis: A Randomized, Double-blinded Clinical Trial
Overview
Chronic pharyngolaryngitis is common and often make people suffer in many aspects. The etiology is numerous, for example, airway hypersensitivity, gastroesophageal acid regurgitation, sicca syndrome, anxiety, etc. The investigators aimed to investigate the effect of Jing Si herbal tea liquid packets on chronic pharyngolaryngitis by a design of randomized, double-blind clinical trial in this study. The subjects who were bed-ridden, without self-care ability, receiving hemodialysis, no idea about the details of this study, poor compliance for this study, alcohol and/or drugs additives, pregnancy and breast-feeding women were excluded from this study. A questionnaire for health and habits was performed at the start of the study, and a questionnaire for Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) was performed at the start and the end of the study. Finally, Student's t-test was used to test the difference between the Jing Si herbal tea group and the control group. And, multivariate linear regression was used to test the violation of clinical factors on the treatment outcome of Jing Si herbal tea liquid packets on chronic pharyngolaryngitis.
Detailed description
Chronic pharyngolaryngitis is common and often make people suffer in many aspects. The etiology is numerous, for example, airway hypersensitivity, gastroesophageal acid regurgitation, sicca syndrome, anxiety, etc.
The investigators aimed to investigate the effect of Jing Si herbal tea liquid packets on chronic pharyngolaryngitis by a design of randomized, double-blind clinical trial in this study. One hundred and twenty adults of both sex with a range of age between of 20-70 years old were included. All participants were divided randomly into two groups. Jing Si herbal tea group received 1 pack of Jing Si herbal tea liquid packet twice a day for 1 month (30 days), and the control group received 1 pack of control liquid packet twice a day for 1 month (30 days). The subjects who were bed-ridden, without self-care ability, receiving hemodialysis, no idea about the details of this study, poor compliance for this study, alcohol and/or drugs additives, pregnancy and breast-feeding women were excluded from this study.
A questionnaire for health and habits was performed at the start of the study, and a questionnaire for Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) was performed at the start and the end of the study. Finally, Student's t-test was used to test the difference between the Jing Si herbal tea group and the control group. And, multivariate linear regression was used to test the violation of clinical factors on the treatment outcome of Jing Si herbal tea liquid packets on chronic pharyngolaryngitis.
Interventions
- Other control group
2 times a day, 1 sachet each time. - Other Jing Si herbal tea liquid packets
2 times a day, 1 sachet each time.
Primary outcome measures
- Health questionnaire [Time frame: Before the test begins and after intervention completed (at 1 month)]
- Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) [Time frame: Before the test begins and after intervention completed (at 1 month)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adult men and women aged 20 to 70 years old.
- Patients with chronic pharyngitis
Exclusion criteria
- Patients who are bedridden or unable to take care of themselves.
- Dialysis patients.
- Patients who cannot understand the details of this study or cannot cooperate with the examination.
- History of alcohol or drug abuse.
- Pregnant and lactating women
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Taiwan · 1 center
- Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation — Chiayi City
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06331351 · A11203001-1