Efficacy and safety of a combination herbal medicinal product containing Tropaeoli majoris herba and Armoraciae rusticanae radix for the prophylactic treatment of patients with respiratory tract diseases: A randomised, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1799-1807

  Fintelmann, Volker ^a   Albrecht, Uwe ^b   Schmitz, Gregor ^c   Schnitker, Jörg ^d  

^a Carl Gustav Carus Akademie   (Germany)

^b Mediconomics GmbH   (Germany)

^c Centre General Medicine   (Germany)

^d Institut für Angewandte Statistik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angocin Anti Infekt N; Armoraciae rusticanae radix; Common cold; Horseradish root; Nasturtium herb; Prophylaxis; Respiratory tract infections; Tropaeoli majoris herba

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCIN ANTI INFEKT N; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HORSERADISH ROOT; HORSERADISH ROOT PLUS NASTURTIUM HERB; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NASTURTIUM HERB; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COATING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HORSERADISH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASTURTIUM; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PLANT ROOT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; BRASSICACEAE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84868682319     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2012.742048     Document Type: Article

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