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Safety and Performance Assessment of the Decongestant Seawater Spray Pocket Valve Enriched With Essential Oils in Patients With Acute Rhinitis Associated With Nasal Obstruction: "DEVALPO"

An interventional study of Measurement of peak nasal flow. in Acute Rhinitis, Nasal Obstruction and Rhinosinusitis, sponsored by Laboratoires Gilbert. Recruiting at 5 sites in France. Open to participants aged 12 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-26.

Sponsored by Laboratoires Gilbert · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jun 2023; still recruiting 3 years 4 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
101
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
12 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this pre-market clinical investigation is to assess the safety and the performance of decongestant seawater spray pocket valve enriched with essential oils by Gilbert Laboratories. The study will evaluate the results of acute rhinitis associated with nasal obstruction using the decongestant seawaterspray pocket valve enriched with essential oils over a 8 day period.

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Conditions studied

  • Acute Rhinitis
  • Nasal Obstruction
  • Rhinosinusitis
  • Rhinopharyngitis
  • Allergic Rhinitis
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In context

Common Cold

219 studies on the registry are indexed under Common Cold; 23 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 101 is below the median of 150 across 184 interventional studies indexed under Common Cold.

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Lead sponsor

Laboratoires Gilbert is the lead sponsor of 5 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • 1. Patient ≥ 12 years.
  • 2. Patient with acute rhinitis associated with nasal obstruction during infectious episodes such as rhinopharyngitis (cold), rhinosinusitis, or during non-infectious episodes such as allergic rhinitis.
  • 3. a. Informed adult patient who has given written consent prior to any study specific procedure. b. Informed minor patient who has given assent and whose legal guardians have given written consent prior to any study-specific procedure.
  • 4. Patient able to meet the study requirements for monitoring, spray use, and questionnaire completion.
  • 5. Patient affiliated to a social security scheme.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1. Pregnant and/or breastfeeding woman
  • 2. to seawater and/or known allergies to any of the ingredients of the spray.
  • 3. Diseases causing narrowing of the airways (e.g. asthma, (COPD)) and/or respiratory insufficiency.
  • 4. Patients with uncontrolled asthma (GINA score greater than or equal to 4)
  • 5. Patients undergoing allergy desensitization
  • 6. Patients suffering from chronic nasal obstruction due to a deformation of the nasal wall or nasal polyps. creams or gels.
  • 7. Patients taking local and systemic vasoconstrictors, , nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), antibiotics, and local antiseptics.
  • 8. Concomitant use of other nasal sprays, essential oils for local nasal use, creams, or gels for the nose.
  • 9. Patients under guardianship, conservatorship, or legal protection.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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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.

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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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
101 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    Arm A: Patients with peak nasal flow performed

    This arm is made up of major patients. Nasal flow point measurements will be performed at D0 and D3.

    Device: Measurement of peak nasal flow.

  • No intervention
    Arm B: No peak nasal flow

    This arm is made up of minor patients. Unlike arm A, nasal flow measurements will not be performed at D0 and D3.

Interventions

  • DeviceMeasurement of peak nasal flow.

    Peak nasal flow measurements will be performed before and after the first use of the spray at D0, as well as after the use of the spray at the medical office at D3 (only for arm A).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Performance of the Gilbert Laboratories pocket valve spray.

    Proportion of patient presenting a change of the symptom "nasal obstruction" by at least 1 pt, in the SNOT22 Test (item 22), between Day 0 (at inclusion in the office before use of the spray) and Day 3 (in the evening after last daily use of the spray). This item is scaled from 0 to 5, 5 being the worst value.

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 3

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change of nasal obstruction between Day 0 and Day 3

    Proportion of patients with a change in Peak Inspiratory Nasal Flow value of at least 30 L/min between Day 0 (before use of the spray) and Day 3 (after use of the spray) (arm A). \[0 - 350 L/min\] 350 L/min means a better outcome.

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 3

  2. Immediate change of nasale obstruction at D0 on first use (Arm A)

    Proportion of patients with a change in Peak Inspiratory Nasal Flow value of at least 30 L/min from pre- to post-spray measurements at Day 0 (arm A). \[ 0 - 350 L/min\] 350 L/min means a better outcome.

    Time frame: At Day 0

  3. Subjective feeling of reduced nasal obstruction on each day of use (arms A+B).

    Proportion of patients with a reduction in the symptom "nasal obstruction" of at least 1pt, on SNOT22 (Sino-Nasal Outcome Test 22), and on each day of use (from Day 0 to Day 6) (arms A+B). This item is scaled from 0 to 5, 5 being the worst value.

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 6

  4. Subjective feeling of nasal cavity cleansing (freshness) each day of use (arms A+B).

    Proportion of patients who experienced nasal cavity cleansing (feeling of freshness), on Patient Questionnaire, and on each day of use (from Day 0 to Day 6) (arms A+B).

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 6

  5. Subjective feeling of nasal secretion thinning on each day of use (arms A+B).

    Proportion of patients with a change in the symptom "thick nasal discharge" of at least 1pt, on SNOT22, and on each day of use (Day 0 to Day 6) (arms A+B). This item is scaled from 0 to 5, 5 being the worst value.

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 6

  6. Subjective feeling of relief of nasal irritation (mucous membrane) on each day of use (arms A+B).

    Proportion of patients who experienced relief of nasal (mucosal) irritation, on each day of use (Day 0 to Day 6) (arms A+B).

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 6

  7. Subjective feeling of relief of nasal itching on each day of use (arms A+B).

    Proportion of patients who experienced relief of nasal itching, on Patient Questionnaire, and on each day of use (Day 0 to Day 6) (arms A+B).

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 6

  8. Speed of action at which the patient feels (subjectively) a decrease in nasal obstruction at D0 and D3 (arms A+B).

    Proportion of patients with a change in immediate nasal obstruction after use of the spray, on Patient Questionnaire, at Day 0 and Day 3 (arms A+B).

    Time frame: At Day 0 and Day 3

  9. Speed of action at which the patient feels (subjectively) a purification of his nasal cavities (sensation of freshness) at D0 and D3 (arms A+B).

    Proportion of patients who experienced immediate nasal cleansing (feeling of freshness) after use of the spray at Day 0 and Day 3 (arms A+B).

    Time frame: At Day 0 and Day 3

  10. Improvement in the patient's quality of life after 7 days of use (arms A+B).

    Proportion of patients who experienced an improvement in quality of life, defined as an increase of at least 1pt on a scale of 0-10 between Day 0 and Day 6 (A+B arm). 10 mean a better value.

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 6

  11. Patient satisfaction with the medical device after 7 days of use (arm A+B).

    Proportion of patients satisfied with the medical device, on a 4-point scale, at Day 6 (arm A+B). The better value is "very satisfied" and the worst value is "very unsatisfied". Proportion of patients who would recommend the medical device at Day 6 (arms A+B). Proportion of patients who will continue to use the medical device , and the reason if not, (arms A+B).

    Time frame: At Day 6

  12. Facility of use of the medical device after 7 days of use (arm A+B)

    Proportion of patients who find the medical device easy to use, on day 6 (Arms A+B)

    Time frame: At Day 6

  13. Evolution of the overall severity of symptoms (arm A+B).

    Mean SNOT22 score on each day. Comparison of SNOT22 score at Day 3 versus Day 0 baseline (arms A+B). \[ 0 to 220 \] 0 is the better value.

    Time frame: At Day 0 and Day 3

  14. Sensations of tingling and transient irritation (arms A+B).

    Proportion of patients with at least 1 adverse event between 1st and last use of the medical device among the following adverse events (arms A+B): * Tingling sensations * Sensations of transient irritation

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 6

  15. All adverse events reported by patients using the pocket valve spray after 7 days of use (arm A+B).

    All adverse events reported by the patient during the study (arm A+B).

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 7

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Study locations

3 of 5 sites recruiting
  • Cabinet Médical
    Blainville-sur-Orne, 14550, France
    Recruiting
  • Cabinet Médical Caen
    Caen, 14000, France
    Recruiting
    • Pascal MABIRE, Dr · Contact
  • MSP du Haut Anjou
    Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe, 49330, France
    Recruiting
  • Cabinet Médical Gainneville
    Gainneville, 76700, France
    Withdrawn

    Not enrolling at this site.

  • ALYATEC
    Strasbourg, 67000, France
    Completed

    Not enrolling at this site.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 26, 2026, 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
NCT05494346
Lead sponsor
Laboratoires Gilbert
Collaborators
EVAMED
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 9, 2022
Start date
Jun 23, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 8, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 26, 2026

Study contacts

Carine BRUNEL
Contact
cbrunel@labogilbert.fr
+33 (0)1 45 39 50 21

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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