Echinacea Purpurea and Osteopathy in Children With Recurrent Otitis Media
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Official title
Echinacea Purpurea and Cranial Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Children With Recurrent Otitis Media: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Brief summary
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This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of the herb Echinacea purpurea and of cranial osteopathic manipulative treatment to prevent otitis media (middle ear infections) in young children.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00689468
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 90 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Cranial osteopathic manipulative treatment. Procedure
- Echinacea purpurea Dietary Supplement
- Sham osteopathic manipulative treatment Procedure
- "Echinacea purpurea" placebo Dietary Supplement
Procedure · Dietary Supplement
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 12 Months to 60 Months
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 30, 1999
- Primary completion
- Aug 31, 2002
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2002
- Last update posted
- Jun 2, 2008
1999 – 2002
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric Osteopathic Center | Tucson | Arizona | 85712 | — |
| KateCare Osteopathic Center | Tucson | Arizona | 85719 | — |
| Pediatric Clinic, Arizona Health Sciences Center | Tucson | Arizona | 85724-5073 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 2, 2008 · Synced Sep 4, 2026
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