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A study to assess the efficacy of Homoeopathic medicine in the prevention of Covid-19

Efficacy Of Homoeopathic Prophylactic Intervention On Covid-19 Pandemic-A Double Blind Randomised Controlled Trial - HPCOV-19

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/05/025272
Enrollment
800
Registered
2020-05-20
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Arsenicum album 30: Arsenicum album 30 / 4 pills to be taken in the morning on empty stomach for three consecutive days. Any oral intake is restricted for 30 minutes after this. On the

Sponsors

Nil
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) People who are under institutional (Covid-19 care centre) or home quarantine (in Palakkad district Kerala) related to Covid-19 after returning from other states or from abroad. 2) People who are under institutional (Covid-19 care centre) or home quarantine (in Palakkad district Kerala) related to Covid-19 3) Adults aged 18 and above; Children aged 12 and above, with assent of parents. 4) Primary contacts of Covid-19 positive cases 5) Secondary contacts of Covid-19 positive cases

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) All people who are not willing to take part in the study. 2) People who are having Covid-19 symptomatology. 3) People who are taking medications for liver or renal diseases. 4) Children below 12 years. 5) Critically ill patients. 6) Pregnant ladies 7) Persons on chemotherapy 8) People under medication following Organ transplantation. 9) Persons who are taking any other medicine for preventive purposes for Covid-19/ flu like illness 10) RT PCR positive persons before the intervention.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To assess in quarantined persons related to Covid-19 in Palakkad District 1)the incidence of symptoms of flu like illness/Covid- 19 infection 2)the relative risk of flu like illness/Covid-19 infection among persons under Homoeopathic prophylactic intervention when compared to the control population Timepoint: 28th and 56 th day

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To analyse in quarantined persons related to Covid 19 in Palakkad district 1)the bio psychosocial variables 2)the bio psychosocial variables after Homoeopathic intervention. 3)the selected biomarkers before and after Homoeopathic intervention. Timepoint: 28th and 56 th day

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr S Balamani

Department of Homoeopathy, Government of Kerala, Palakkad district

drppramod@yahoo.co.in9447240762

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026