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EFFECTIVENESS of PROBIOTICS in ADULTS with MODERATE to SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA

NCT06657066 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2024-10-24

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Summary

The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of probiotic as an adjuvant to standard therapy versus standard therapy alone in adult with moderate to severe persistent asthma in terms of

1. Frequency of asthma exacerbations in terms of number of asthma attacks and severity of each episode.
2. Improvement in pulmonary function tests as recorded by an increase in FEV1 and FEV1/FVC ratio.

5\. HYPOTHESIS Probiotics as an adjuvant to standard therapy is more effective as compared to the standard therapy alone in managing moderate to severe persistent bronchial asthma.

Conditions

  • Asthma Patients

Interventions

DRUG

Beclomethasone 200mcg, salbutamol 100mcg , Beclomethasone 200 mcg/Formoterol 6 mcg, 250 mg of lyophilized saccharomyces boulardii

Daily low dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/ Beclomethasone 200 microgram as needed Short acting beta 2 agonist (SABA)/salbutamol 100mcg ,OR as needed low dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/ Beclomethasone 200 microgram -Long acting Beta2 Agonist (LABA)/Formeterol 6 microgram plus Saccharomyces boulardii, available in sachet from employed in this research containing 250 mg of lyophilized saccharomyces boulardii. It was given daily for three months

DRUG

Control (Standard treatment)

The control arm will receive only standard treatment for asthma i.e Daily low dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/ Beclomethasone 200 microgram as needed Short acting beta 2 agonist (SABA)/salbutamol 100mcg ,OR as needed low dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/ Beclomethasone 200 microgram -Long acting Beta2 Agonist (LABA)/Formeterol 6 microgram.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • King Edward Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr. Binayak Singh, MD · King Edward Medical University Lahore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-06
Primary Completion
2022-04-24
Completion
2023-08-08

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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