Overview

Controlled Trial of Chinese Herbal Medicine to Treat Allergic Rhinitis

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The aim of this study is to test and compare the effectiveness between three groups - Cure-Allergic Rhinitis Syrup (CS), Yuk ping fung San (YS) and placebo groups - of adolescents (nursing students) with Allergic Rhinitis (AR) in improving their symptoms of AR, body constitution pattern and health-related quality of life. • The hypothesis are to test the effectiveness of the CS treatment on these students' AR symptoms and quality of life at immediately, one month and two months after completion of the 4-week intervention, when compared with the YS treatment and placebo group. 1. Cure-Allergic Rhinitis Syrup (CS) group will show significantly reduction of AR symptoms over the 2-month follow-up, when compared to those in YS and placebo groups. 2. CS group will indicate a healthier body constitution pattern over the follow-up, when compared to those with YS and placebo group. 3. CS group will indicate significantly greater improvement of their quality of life over 2-month follow-up, when compared to those with YS and placebo group.
Phase:
Phase 1/Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University