- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00405509
The Natural History of Viral Upper Respiratory Infections in Children Aged 6 to Less Than 14 Years
The Natural History of Viral Upper Respiratory Infections in Children Aged 6 to <14 Years
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
Leukotrienes are chemicals that are naturally made by your body. Leukotrienes are increased in the bodies of adults and children with asthma and allergies and cause some of the symptoms of these diseases. Leukotrienes are increased in the bodies of adults who have common colds and are believed to cause some of the symptoms of the common cold. It is not known if increases in leukotrienes are related to the symptoms of the common cold in children. There are also genes that may control levels of leukotrienes and other chemicals in your body during the common cold. If you enroll your child in this study, he/she will be tested for allergies and for genes that may control the levels of leukotrienes and other chemicals.
STUDY DESIGN:
There will be 40 subjects enrolled into the study between the ages of 6 to < 14 years of age. However, approximately 80 participants may have to sign the consent form and undergo screening activities in order enroll these 40 subjects. The study will last approximately 1 month and will require you and your child to return to our clinic approximately 7 times over the study duration. You and your child will be required to return to our clinic six days in a row for testing.
Testing will include skin testing for allergies, nasal secretion collection, and skin cell collection.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
-
-
Pennsylvania
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15212
- Allegheny General Hospital
-
-
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children 6 to < 14 years of age.
- Common cold symptoms for less than 24 hours.
- At least 2 of the following 8 symptoms: cough, headache, hoarseness, muscle ache, nasal drainage, nasal congestion, scratchy throat, and sneezing.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Investigational medication in past 30 days.
- History of persistent asthma or other chronic diseases.
- Patients with nasal ulcers within the past 1 month, nasal surgery within the past 6 months, nasal trauma within the past 2 months or presence of nasal polyps or nasal deformities causing significant nasal obstruction.
- Patients with evidence of significant nasal septal deviation.
- Patients with a positive rapid antigen test for streptococcal infection.
- Common cold symptoms for more than 24 hours.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Observational Models: Cohort
- Time Perspectives: Prospective
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
---|
Confirmed respiratory virus
|
Unconfirmed respiratory infection
|
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Local Leukotriene Levels
Time Frame: once a day for 6 days and on day 30
|
nasal secretions were collected once a day for the first six days of the respiratory infection and on day 30 then measured for leukotriene levels
|
once a day for 6 days and on day 30
|
Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Nasal Secretion Weights
Time Frame: each day for 5 days
|
Nasal secretions were collected in pre-weighed tissues and then weighed upon return for nasal secretion weight
|
each day for 5 days
|
Severity of Symptom Scores - COUGH
Time Frame: once a day for six days and on day 30
|
Cough symptoms were rated by the participant each day for 6 days and on day 30.
Symptoms were rated from 0 - 3 corresponding to none, mild, moderate and severe, respectively.
|
once a day for six days and on day 30
|
Severity of Symptom Score - NASAL CONGESTION
Time Frame: once a day for six days and on day 30
|
nasal congestion symptoms were rated by the participant once a day for six days and on day 30.
Symptoms were rated from 0 - 3 corresponding to none, mild, moderate and severe, respectively.
|
once a day for six days and on day 30
|
Severity of Symptom Score - SNEEZING
Time Frame: once a day for six days and on Day 30
|
Sneezing symptoms were rated by participants once a day for six days and on Day 30, symptoms were rated from 0 - 3 corresponding to none, mild, moderate and severe, respectively.
|
once a day for six days and on Day 30
|
Collaborators and Investigators
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- RC#4065
This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.
Clinical Trials on Common Cold
-
Cardiff UniversityCompletedCommon Cold/FluUnited Kingdom
-
Perrigo CompanyGlaxoSmithKline; Pfizer; McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. and other collaboratorsCompletedNasal Congestion Associated With the Common ColdUnited States
-
NovartisCompletedCommon Cold Associated With CoughCanada
-
Probi ABCompletedAcute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (Common Cold)Italy
-
Ache Laboratorios Farmaceuticos S.A.Suspended
-
Beijing Da-an Bio-technology Co., Ltd.Unknown
-
Brainfarma Industria Química e Farmacêutica S/ATechtrials Pesquisa e Tecnologia Ltda; PharmagenixUnknown
-
NovartisCompletedSore Throat Due to a Common ColdGermany
-
Boehringer IngelheimCompleted
-
Korean Medicine Hospital of Pusan National UniversityUnknown