A Trial of Echinacea in Children

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2003-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a randomized trial to determine if echinacea is effective in shortening the length and/or lessening the severity of colds in children 2 through 11 years old.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
• Collaborator: Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parent available to observe child during the night

• Parent peaks and reads English

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of asthma or allergic rhinitis

• History of auto-immune disease

• History of chronic lung disease

• Allergy to sunflower species