To evaluate the effect of a prophylactical therapy with a cough medicine containing ivy leaves dry extract on the frequency of recurrent wheezy bronchitis in toddlers, on the duration of the bronchitis episodes, on the severity and the additional drug demand. A prolonged asymptomatic episode between each wheezy bronchitis due to the therapy is assumed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
2.5 ml twice daily for 4 weeks
Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
RECRUITINGthe time to event (next bronchitis episode) rate during and after treatment period
Time frame: three months
days and percentage of days without bronchitis during and after treatment period
Time frame: 3 months
days and percentage of days without bronchitis during treatment period
Time frame: three months
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