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Status unknownNCT03369132FLASHUpdated Dec 22, 2017

Efficacy of Natural Seawater Based Throat Spray in Acute Sore Throat Relief

An interventional study of Angiflash and Placebo in Sore Throat, sponsored by Laboratoire de la Mer. Status unknown at 16 sites in Czechia. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-12-22.

Primary conditionPharyngitis(the registry's first term)UnverifiedIs this wrong?The registry often attaches Pharyngitis to studies about something else, and this study's title and listed conditions do not name it. No better condition is named, so the registry's term is kept.

Sponsored by Laboratoire de la Mer · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2017), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
360
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre clinical trial to assess the efficacy and tolerability of natural seawater based throat spray among adult patients with acute sore throat.

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Conditions studied

  • Sore Throat

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In context

Pharyngitis Unverified

226 studies on the registry are indexed under Pharyngitis; 35 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 360 is above the median of 144 across 188 interventional studies indexed under Pharyngitis.

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Lead sponsor

Laboratoire de la Mer is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

    1. Adults (male or female) aged ≥ 18 years old.
    1. Patients with complaint of sore throat ≤ 72h.
    1. Sore throat exclusively due to upper respiratory tract infection (tonsillitis, pharyngitis, rhinopharyngitis).
    1. Clinical confirmation by the physician for the presence of typical signs (spontaneous pain, local inflammation) of acute pharyngitis or tonsillitis.
    1. Pain intensity scored by patient on the 5-point descriptive pain intensity scale as slight, mild or moderate.
    1. Willingness to provide written prior to perform of any study related procedure.
    1. Subjects agreeing to follow the study requirements during the whole study period (including forbidden medication and food supplements).
    1. Subjects agreeing not to modify their lifestyle habits during the whole study period (diet, physical activity).
    1. Subject affiliated to social security.
    1. Subject able to understand verbal and written local language and in capacity to fill-in patient diary by himself/herself.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. Previous history of allergy or known intolerance to one of the following formulation ingredients: seawater, vegetable glycerin, mint, lemon, acacia honey, propolis, essential oils.
    1. Active Smokers.
    1. Fever > 38°C at randomization.
    1. Past or current throat phlegmon.
    1. Past or current seasonal allergy.
    1. Past or current asthma.
    1. Past or current chronic rhinosinusitis.
    1. Past or current (COPD).
    1. Past or current ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) cancer.
    1. Acute rhinosinusitis.
    1. Controlled or uncontrolled diabetes.
    1. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
    1. Known immunodeficiency.
    1. Any painful condition that may distract attention from sore throat pain (ex: mouth ulcers etc.) or that requires analgesic usage.
    1. Any disease that may interfere with the study aim from investigator's opinion.
    1. Evidence of mouth breathing or severe coughing.
    1. Patient with severe pain intensity on 5-point descriptive pain intensity scale.
    1. Subjects taking:

      • chronic treatment for throat or other ENT pathology,
      • current antibiotherapy or stopped less than 2 weeks before inclusion,
      • chronic treatment (>3 months) with local or systemic corticotherapy, or immunotherapy,
      • local or systemic antihistaminic.
    1. Subjects refusing to stop at entry into the study:

      • throat spray, lozenge, pastille,
      • local throat or systemic analgesic,
      • medicated confectionary,
      • nasal wash and spray,
      • nasal or antihistaminic nasal spray,
      • medication to gargle,
      • honey, propolis, or any sore throat home remedies.
    1. Known liver disease or to paracetamol.
    1. Pregnant, breastfeeding or seeking pregnancy women.
    1. Positive result from rapid strep throat test.
    1. Subjects already included once in this study.
    1. Subjects participating in another clinical trial or in the exclusion period to another study.
    1. Subjects having a member of his/her home who is currently participating to this study.
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COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe out, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
360 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Angiflash

    Device: Angiflash

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Device: Placebo

Interventions

  • DeviceAngiflash

    throat spray (20 ml) containing hypertonic seawater, vegetable glycerin, natural mint, acacia honey, propolis extract, essential oils of thyme linalool, ravintsara and wintergreen, natural lemon flavor.

    Also known as: Seawater based throat spray

  • DevicePlacebo

    water based throat spray matching Angiflash for posology, dispensed volume, shape and size.

    Also known as: Placebo throat spray

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Sore Throat Relief

    Evaluation of sore throat relief using the 7-point sore throat relief scale (STRS)

    Time frame: Over the first three days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sore Throat Individual Symptoms Relief

    Evaluation of relief of sore throat individual symptoms (dry throat, burning/painful sensation, hoarseness/husky voice, painful talk, painful swallowing, irritation, prickly sensation/tingle, scratchy/itchy throat) using a 10-point rating scale

    Time frame: Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7 to 8.

  2. Sore Throat Pain Intensity

    Change from baseline of the Sore Throat Pain Intensity using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) (STPIS)

    Time frame: Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7 to 8.

  3. Difficulty Swallowing

    Change from baseline of the difficulty of swallowing using a VAS (DSS)

    Time frame: Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7 to 8.

  4. Swollen Throat

    Change from baseline of the swollen throat using a VAS (SwoTS)

    Time frame: Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7 to 8.

  5. Overall efficacy assessed by the physician

    Overall efficacy assessed by the physician using a 5-point descriptive scale

    Time frame: Day 8

  6. Compliance: assessment of the number of use per day and the number of spray per use

    Assessment of the patient usage: frequency per day and number of spray per use

    Time frame: Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7 to 8.

  7. Product Satisfaction

    Assessment of the overall satisfaction using a 5-point descriptive scale

    Time frame: Day 8

  8. Incidence of adverse events occuring during the study

    Number of adverse events and serious events occuring during the study and evaluation of the severity and causality.

    Time frame: Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7 to 8.

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Study locations

16 of 16 sites recruiting
  • MUDr. Lenka Dybova
    Brno, 602 00, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Lenka Dybova, M. D. · Contact
  • MUDr. Libor Hemzsky
    Choltice, 533 61, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Libor Hemzsky, M. D. · Contact
  • NEFROMED s.r.o.
    Dejvice, 160 00, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Krisitina Sadilkova, M. D. · Contact
  • MEDIGATE care s.r.o
    Hradec Králové, 500 09, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Ivana Skardova, M. D. · Contact
    • Jan Skarda, M. D. · Sub investigator
  • MUDr. Petra Hoskova
    Hradec Králové, 500 09, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Petra Hoskova, M. D. · Contact
  • MUDr. Jana Dvorakova s.r.o.
    Hradec Králové, 500 11, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Jana Dvorakova, M. D. · Contact
  • MUDr. Danuse Mikeschova
    Karlovy Vary, 360 17, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • David Macharacek, M. D. · Contact
  • Azita s.r.o.
    Malšice, 108 00, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Azita Gebauerova, M. D. · Contact
  • Fortmedica s.r.o.
    Praha 4, 143 00, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Tomas Fort, M. D. · Contact
    • Daniel Groh, M. D. · Sub investigator
  • GM ordinace s.r.o
    Praha 4, 148 00, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • David Macharacek, M. D. · Contact
  • MUDr Sylva Kohoutova
    Praha 6, 160 00, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Sylva Kohoutova, M. D. · Contact
  • Ordinace Optima s.r.o
    Praha 6, 161 00, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Radka Majerova, M. D. · Contact
  • MUDr. Lenka Fejfarova
    Praha 6, 164 00, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Lenka Fejfarova, M. D. · Contact
  • Saniga s.r.o.
    Sokolov, 356 01, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Zdenek Vlasak, M. D. · Contact
  • MUDr. Jan Bartusek
    Teplice, 415 01, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Jan Bartusek, M. D. · Contact
  • A-MEDICOS s.r.o.
    Zlín, 760 01, Czechia
    Recruiting
    • Alena Malikova, M. D. · Contact
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 22, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03369132
Lead sponsor
Laboratoire de la Mer
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 11, 2017
Start date
Nov 6, 2017
Primary completion
May 31, 2018 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 30, 2018 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 22, 2017

Study contacts

Gaelle Naelten, Pharm.D,Ph.D
Contact
gaelle.naelten@perrigo.com
+33 (0)299 215 387
Olivia Gavard, Ph.D.
Contact
olivia.gavard@perrigo.com
+33 (0)256 521 017
Ivana Skardova, M.D.
principal investigator · MEDIGATE care s.r.o

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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