Experimental clinical study with a post-marketing, prospective, intra-subject controlled design to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the use of a medical device for the treatment of cold sores, over a maximum period of two weeks (or until the outbreak has resolved).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
35
The treatment will consist of daily applications of the product as soon as the first symptoms of an outbreak appear, and until the outbreak subsides, as follows: application every 8 hours, with the possibility of shortening the interval to 6 hours if needed (a maximum of 3-4 applications).
Centro Médico Complutense Grupo Virtus
Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Confirm the effectiveness of the treatment in terms of pain relief, using an EVA scale.
Pain relief as a significant clinical improvement in the EVA Pain score from 0 to 10 (where 0 = no pain and 10 = unbearable or severe pain) after treatment.
Time frame: At baseline, in 24 hours, in 3 days, in 7 days and in 14 days.
Serious adverse events.
Evaluate the safety of the treatment related to the product, in terms of the incidence of serious adverse events during the treatment.
Time frame: Through study completion, apprroximately 2 weeks.
Evaluation of the treatment based on lesion size.
A decrease of at least 50% of the maximum size reached, at the midpoint of the treatment (7 days). Exploratory analysis at 14 days or at the end of the outbreak, with at least an 80% reduction in the extent of the lesion
Time frame: At baseline, in 24 hours, in 3 days, in 7 days and in 14 days.
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