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Effectiveness of Local Application of Warm Air in Patients With Common Cold (HELI Study)

NCT00552981 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 157

Last updated 2012-07-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In a randomized controlled trial, the investigators include patients with beginning symptoms of a common cold and compare two interventions:

1. the inhalation of warm air for inducing a warming of the throat and
2. the inhalation of ambient air as control. As outcome the effect on symptoms and duration of the common cold will be assessed. The interventions will consist of visits with a duration of 2-3 minutes on three following days in a Finnish sauna. Patients will be fully dressed.

Conditions

  • Common Cold

Interventions

PROCEDURE

inhalation of warm air in a Finnish sauna

three times on three following days, each 2-3 minutes

PROCEDURE

inhalation of ambient air in a Finnish sauna

three times on three following days, each 2-3 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claudia M. Witt, MD · Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-11-30
Primary Completion
2009-04-30
Completion
2009-04-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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