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CompletedNCT07175090Updated Sep 16, 2025

Evaluation of Coconut Oil Mouth Rinse on Periodontal Parameters

An Early Phase 1 interventional study of Coconut oil and Placebo in Periodontitis, Adult and Mouthwash, sponsored by University of Pristina. Completed at 1 site in Kosovo. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-16.

Sponsored by University of Pristina · Early Phase 1, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jun 2024, registered Sep 2025).
Phase
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study was based on testing a new natural mouthwash with coconut oil and xylitol as active agents to a placebo rinse on new periodontal parameters

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Conditions studied

  • Periodontitis, Adult
  • Mouthwash

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In context

Chronic Periodontitis

377 studies on the registry are indexed under Chronic Periodontitis; 21 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 120 is above the median of 46 across 307 interventional studies indexed under Chronic Periodontitis.

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Lead sponsor

University of Pristina is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; none are 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

  • Periodontitis grade I, II, III

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • less than 20 teeth
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Study design

Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
120 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    Group A

    Other: Placebo

  • Active comparator
    Group B

    Combination Product: Coconut oil

Interventions

  • Combination productCoconut oil

    The rinse is used three times a day during three weeks

  • OtherPlacebo

    Inactive ingredients with same taste and colour

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Improvement of gingival appearance

    The gingival index will be assessed before and after mouthrinse use

    Time frame: Three weeks of mouthrinse use

Secondary outcomes

  1. Gingival bleeding

    The presence of gingival bleeding will be assessed before and after mouthrinse use

    Time frame: Three weeks after mouthrinse use

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Prishtina Dentistry School
    Pristina, 10000, Kosovo
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 16, 2025, 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
NCT07175090
Lead sponsor
University of Pristina
Responsible party
Kastriot Meqa (University assistant, University of Pristina) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 16, 2025
Start date
Jun 1, 2024
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2025
Completion
May 1, 2025
Last update
Sep 16, 2025

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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