E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Ear, nose and throat diseases [C09] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 14.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10010106 |
E.1.2 | Term | Common cold |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10021881 - Infections and infestations |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
The objective of the present post-marketing study is to gain further information about the safety and treatment outcome with EPs® 7630 film-coated tablets (Kaloba 20 mg Filmtabletten) in adult subjects (≥ 18 years old) suffering from common cold.
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
(1) Male and female subjects older or equal than 18 years old (2) Written informed consent (3) Subject suffers from common cold (4) Presence of at least two common cold symptoms (5) First common cold symptom started ≤ 72 hours prior to inclusion into the study (6) Subject with willingness and ability to comply with all procedures of the trial.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
(1) Obstructive anatomic lesions in the nasopharynx such as nasal polyps, or severe septal deviations (2) Previous surgery (within the last 12 months prior to inclusion into the study) or need for surgery of the nose or paranasal sinuses incl. sinus puncture (3) Presence of any acute respiratory tract disease (e.g. tonsillitis, sinusitis, otitis media, bronchitis, pneumonia) other than common cold (4) Subjects with known or suspected allergic rhinitis (5) Subjects with other explanations of sore throat (e.g. tonsillo-pharyngitis, drugs, aphthous ulcers, candida, etc.) (6) Subjects with previous rheumatic fever within the last 12 months prior to inclusion into the trial (7) Subjects with several previous complications of tonsillitis (quinsy) (8) Chronic lung diseases (e.g. chronic bronchitis, COPD, bronchial asthma, cystic fibrosis, active pulmonary tuberculosis, lung cancer) (9) History of recurrent tonsillitis or otitis media of > 3 episodes during the last 12 months prior to enrolment into the study (10) History of recurrent bronchitis of > 6 episodes during the past 12 months prior to enrolment into the study (11) History of recurrent sinusitis of > 3 episodes during the past 12 months prior to enrolment into the trial or chronic sinusitis (symptoms lasting for > 1 month) (12) Previous (within the last 6 weeks prior to inclusion into the clinical trial) or concomitant treatment with anti-coagulants (13) Concomitant common cold medications that might impair the interpretation of trial results (14) Known or suspected hypersensitivity to the investigational drug (15) Severe cardiovascular disease, unstable diabetes mellitus, or immunosuppression (16) History of renal or hepatic dysfunction (serum creatinine, serum AST, ALT or alkaline phosphatase of >3 times above the upper limit of normal values) at any time during the past 12 months prior to enrolment into the trial (17) Known alcohol or drug abuse (18) Subjects with tendency to bleed, especially nose or gingival bleeding (19) Known gastrointestinal disorders (e.g. gastritis, duodenitis, colitis, gastric ulcer, partial or total gastrectomy, enterectomy, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, symptomatic lactose intolerance, other disorders associated with chronic diarrhea) (20) Females of child-bearing potential without adequate contraception (21) Pregnancy or lactation (22) Subjects participating in another clinical trial at the same time or have taken part in a clinical trial during the last 4 weeks before inclusion into this study (23) Irresponsible subjects or those unable to understand nature, meaning and consequences of the trial
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
• Adverse events surveillance • Treatment outcome according to the Integrative Medicine Outcomes Scale (IMOS) as assessed by the investigator and the subject, respectively • Change in individual common cold symptoms (CCS) and total score of CCS from baseline (day 1) to visit 2 and visit 3, respectively, as assessed by the investigator • Change in common cold symptoms (CCS) as rated by the subject in the subject´s diary • Number of subjects who are “not sick” or “very mildly sick” as rated by the subject in the subject´s diary when answering the question “how sick do you feel today?” • Duration of subject´s off work or inability to attend school/college • Need for subject´s treatment with antibiotics during the study period according to the medical decision of the investigator • Use of paracetamol tablets from baseline (day 1) through individual study end • Satisfaction of the subject with the treatment according to the Integrative Medicine Patient Satisfaction Scale (IMPSS) as assessed by the subject in the subject´s diary
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Yes |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 10 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 10 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |