The Effect of Probiotic and Zinc Supplementation on the Common Cold in Healthy Adults

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Intervention Type: Dietary supplement
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The purpose with this study is to investigate the preventative effect of a supplement containing a combination of probiotic bacteria and fungi as well as zinc on the common cold. The hypothesis is that it will shorten the duration, alleviate the severity of symptoms or even decrease the number of infectons during the intervention period. This study is a randomzed placebo controlled human study were healthy adults will consume the supplement for three months.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Healthy adults

Locations
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Sweden
Lunds universitet
Lund
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-01-27
Completion Date: 2022-11
Participants
Target number of participants: 100
Treatments
Placebo_comparator: Placebo
Rice flour
Active_comparator: Probiotic
Probiotic bacteria, yeast, zinc and rice brand
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Lund University
Collaborators: Coradil AB

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