Overview

Efficacy and Safety of Combination of Brompheniramine and Phenylephrine for the Symptoms Relief of Rhinitis

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-12-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This is a multicenter clinical trial, phase III, superiority, controlled by active medicine, double-blind, randomized, enroll 166 children, over 12 years old, with acute inflammation upper airway, characterized by nasal congestion and runny nose, lasting at least 24 hours and a maximum of 48 hours prior to inclusion. The subjects will be allocated in 2 parallel groups, and will receive the medicines of study, according of the randomization.
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Ache Laboratorios Farmaceuticos S.A.
Treatments:
Brompheniramine
Oxymetazoline
Phenylephrine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients over 12 years old, of both sexes, remaining the feasibility of a legal
representant according to need, able to understand and provide ICF and able to allow
compliance to treatment and the requirements of the protocol, according to age group;

2. Patients with symptoms of acute inflammation upper airway, starting between 24 and 48
hours of their inclusion in this study protocol;

3. Presence of runny nose classification moderate or severe (score 2 or 3), according the
responsible evaluation,

4. Presence of nasal congestion classification moderate or severe (score 2 or 3),
according the responsible evaluation.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients under 12 years old or weight less than 40kg;

2. History of nasal obstruction in chronic rhinosinusitis and / or nasal polyposis;

3. Oral chronic respirator with history for six months;

4. Personal history of nasal surgery that in the opinion of the investigator can
influence the resistance to nasal airflow;

5. Patients who have a clinical history confirmed (diagnosed) with asthma;

6. Patients under medicine treatment for chronic allergy;

7. Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease;

8. Presence of psychiatric illness of any kind;

9. Presence of mental retardation from any cause;

10. Diagnosis of renal or hepatic failure;

11. Patients with genetic syndromes;

12. History of hypersensitivity to (s) drug (s) of study or their excipients;

13. Use of prohibited medicine within the prescribed period before the V0 - Inclusion
Visit (Table 1);

14. Patients who participated in the last 12 months, of clinical trials protocols;

15. Patients who didn´t updated vaccine book, according to age group;

16. Relatives of sponsor´s or study site´s employee;

17. Suggestive signs of bacterial infection of upper airways at rhinoscopy, otoscopy or
oroscopy;

18. Presence of anemic/inflamed turbinate at anterior rhinoscopy;

19. Presence of septal deviation grade II and III (in any region and any nasal cavity) and
/ or nasal polyps, or other conditions determinants of nasal obstruction;

20. Presence of purulent or mucopurulent secretion, nasal vault or mal formations (cleft
lip or cleft nasolabial corrected or not) in nasal vestibule;

21. Current evidence of clinically significant diseases: hematopoietic, gastrointestinal,
cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, neurological, endocrine, psychiatric, autoimmune,
pulmonary, or another disease that block the patient participation;

22. Any finding of clinical observation (anamnesis and physical exam) laboratory
abnormality (eg, blood glucose, blood count), disease (for example, liver,
cardiovascular system, lung) or therapy that, in opinion of the investigator, may
endanger the patient or interfere with the endpoints of study.