A randomized controlled trial comparing a xyloglucan-based nasal spray with saline in adults with symptoms of rhinosinusitis

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 377-385

  Allegrini, Alessandro ^a   Pavone, Daniele ^a   Carluccio, Fulvio ^b  

^a FourPharma CRO Srl   (Italy)

^b SS Filippo e Nicola Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nasal spray; Rhinitis; Rhinosinusitis; Saline; Xyloglucan

Indexed keywords

NOSE SPRAY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOGLUCAN BASED NASAL SPRAY; GLUCAN; XYLAN; XYLOGLUCAN;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; RHINOSINUSITIS; RHINOSINUSITIS SEVERITY INDEX; SNEEZING; SYMPTOM; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN ALLERGY; SINUSITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SPRAYS; PRURITUS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SINUSITIS; XYLANS;

EID: 85025134868     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03007995.2017.1341402     Document Type: Article

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