An interventional study of Test Toothpaste and Regular Fluoride Toothpaste in Dental Plaque and Gingivitis, sponsored by HALEON. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-20.
Sponsored by HALEON · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the test toothpaste compared to a regular fluoride toothpaste in the reducing gingivitis and plaque accumulation in Chinese participants with plaque-induced gingivitis.
This will be a single-center, 12-week, randomized, controlled, examiner-blind, two-group, stratified, parallel group design clinical study in participants with localized plaque-induced gingivitis. The study will investigate the ability of the test toothpaste to improve gingival health and plaque accumulation in participants with plaque induced gingivitis only. Sufficient participants will be screened to randomize approximately 120 participants to ensure approximately 108 participants (approximately 54 per group) complete the study.
352 studies on the registry are indexed under Dental Plaque; 60 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 120 is above the median of 56 across 316 interventional studies indexed under Dental Plaque.
Browse Dental Plaque studies →HALEON is the lead sponsor of 64 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.
Of its 6 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (33%) have results posted.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Periodontal Exclusions:
Dental Exclusions:
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INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)
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Hepatitis B tests
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Participants will brush their teeth with a ribbon of Test Toothpaste across the full brush head for at least one timed minute twice a day (morning and evening) for 12 Weeks.
Other: Test Toothpaste
Participants will brush their teeth with a ribbon of Control Toothpaste across the full brush head for at least one timed minute twice a day (morning and evening) for 12 Weeks.
Other: Regular Fluoride Toothpaste
A toothpaste containing Isopropyl Methyl Phenol (IPMP).
A regular sodium fluoride toothpaste containing 1450 parts per million (ppm).
Mean Bleeding Index (Bl) at Week 12
Gingival bleeding will be assessed as an invasive assessment of BI. It will be assessed for all evaluable surfaces of the facial and lingual/palatal gingiva with six sites per tooth. To perform the bleeding assessment, a round-ended probe will be inserted approximately 1 millimeter (mm) into the gingival sulcus at approximately 60 degrees and will be moved from the distal interproximal area to the mesial interproximal area. Presence/ absence of gingival bleeding will be assessed for 30 seconds after probing and will be scored on a 3-points scale ranging from 0 to 2, where 0 equal to (=) no bleeding after 30 seconds; 1= bleeding observed within 30 seconds of probing; 2= bleeding observed immediately on probing. Lower score will indicate an improvement in the symptoms.
Time frame: At Week 12
Mean BI At Week 2 and 6
Gingival bleeding will be assessed as an invasive assessment of BI. It will be assessed for all evaluable surfaces of the facial and lingual/palatal gingiva with six sites per tooth. To perform the bleeding assessment, a round-ended probe will be inserted approximately 1 mm into the gingival sulcus epithelium at approximately 60 degrees and will be moved from the distal interproximal area to the mesial interproximal area. Presence/ absence of gingival bleeding will be assessed for 30 seconds after probing and will be scored on a 3-points scale ranging from 0 to 2, where 0= no bleeding after 30 seconds; 1= bleeding observed within 30 seconds of probing; 2= bleeding observed an immediately on probing. Lower score will indicate an improvement in the symptoms.
Time frame: At Week 2 and 6
Mean Number of Bleeding Site (NBS) At Week 2, 6 and 12
Gingival bleeding will be assessed as an invasive assessment of BI. It will be assessed for all evaluable surfaces of the facial and lingual/palatal gingiva with six sites per tooth. To perform the bleeding assessment, a round-ended probe will be inserted approximately 1 mm into the gingival sulcus epithelium at approximately 60 degrees and will be moved from the distal interproximal area to the mesial interproximal area. The presence/ absence of gingival bleeding will be assessed for 30 seconds after probing. The NBS for each participant will be calculated as the number of evaluable tooth sites with bleeding observed immediately on probing or within 30 seconds of probing.
Time frame: At Week 2, 6 and 12
Mean Overall Turesky Modification of the Quigley Hein Index (TPI) At Week 2, 6 and 12
TPI will be a non-invasive assessment of supra-gingival plaque accumulation. The plaque will first be disclosed using a plaque disclosing dye solution. The TPI will be assessed for all evaluable surfaces of the facial and lingual surfaces of each scoreable tooth. Three scores will be recorded facially and three lingually, generating six scores per tooth. The disclosed plaques will then be scored using a 6-point scale ranging from 0 to 5, where 0= No plaque; 1= Slight flecks of plaque at the cervical margin of the tooth; 2= Thin, continuous band of plaque 1 mm or smaller at the cervical margin of the tooth; 3= Band of plaque wider than 1 mm but covering less than 1/3 of the area; 4= Plaque covering at least 1/3 but less than 2/3 of the area; 5= Plaque covering 2/3 or more of the crown of the tooth. Lower score will indicate an improvement in the symptoms.
Time frame: At Week 2, 6 and 12
Mean Interproximal TPI At Week 2, 6 and 12
TPI will be a non-invasive assessment of supra-gingival plaque accumulation. The plaque will first be disclosed using a plaque disclosing dye solution. The TPI will be assessed for all evaluable surfaces of the facial and lingual surfaces of each scoreable tooth. Three scores will be recorded facially and three lingually, generating six scores per tooth. The disclosed plaques will be scored using a 6-point scale ranging from 0 to 5, where 0= No plaque; 1= Slight flecks of plaque at the cervical margin of the tooth; 2= Thin, continuous band of plaque 1 mm or smaller at the cervical margin of the tooth; 3= Band of plaque wider than 1mm but covering less than 1/3 of the area; 4= Plaque covering at least 1/3 but less than 2/3 of the area; 5= Plaque covering 2/3 or more of the crown of the tooth. Lower score will indicate an improvement in the symptoms.
Time frame: At Week 2, 6 and 12
Mean Modified Gingival Index (MGI) At Week 2, 6 and 12
The MGI is a non-invasive visual assessment of gingival health. It will be assessed for all evaluable teeth. For each tooth, scores will be recorded and will be scored on a 5-point scale ranging from 0 to 4, where 0= Absence of inflammation, 1= Mild inflammation; slight or little change in color; little change in texture of any portion of the marginal/ papillary gingival unit, 2= Mild inflammation; criteria as above, but involving the entire marginal/ papillary gingival unit, 3= Moderate inflammation; glazing, redness, edema, and/ or hypertrophy of the marginal/ papillary gingival unit, 4= Severe inflammation; marked redness, edema and/ or hypertrophy of the marginal/ papillary gingival unit, spontaneous bleeding, congestion, or ulceration. Lower score will indicate an improvement in the symptoms.
Time frame: At Week 2, 6 and 12
Plan to share: Yes — Anonymized individual participant data and study documents can be requested for further research from ww.clinical-trial-register@haleon.com
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form
Time frame: IPD will be made available within 6 months of publishing the results of the primary endpoints, key secondary endpoints and safety data of the study.
Access criteria: Access is provided after a research proposal is submitted and has received approval from the Independent Review Panel and after a Data Sharing Agreement is in place. Access is provided for an initial period of 12 months, but an extension can be granted, when justified, for up to another 12 months.
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Started Sep 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jan 2027, 4 months after the start.
Of 45 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Dental Plaque, half reached primary completion within 2 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 1 and three quarters within 8. This study's planned 4 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 178 studies reached it within 6 months; a quarter within 2 and three quarters within 14.
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
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