Clinical Trials
April 18, 2009 by admin
Filed under Clinical Trials
Objective and test group: Prior to the release of Medinose, red light phototherapy was clinically assessed in a double-blind randomized study. Groups of people suffering from both allergic rhinitis and nasal polyps were tested to see if their conditions could be helped by low-energy narrow-band red light phototherapy. It was agreed medically at the time of the trials that both conditions receive little relief from existing medical treatments.
How the trials were conducted: 50 patients with allergic rhinitis and 10 with nasal polyposis received intranasal illumination at 660 nm for 4.4 minutes three times a day for 14 day. Meanwhile, 29 rhinitic patients and 1 patient with polyposis received equivalent sham illumination as placebo. Evaluation was based on how far symptoms had improved, and on clinical assessments before and after the tests.
Results of trials: 72% of the allergic rhinitis patients reported an improvement in symptoms following the trial. Also a medical improvement was endoscopically seen in 70% of them. In comparison, 24% in the placebo group reported an improvement in symptoms, and 3% were seen to have visible medical improvements during examination. However, the phototherapy did not work for patients with polyposis, where no change was seen to the condition.
Conclusion: allergic rhinitis patients saw significant improvements to their symptoms, whereas patients with sinusitis or polyps did not. Therefore the treatment is highly effective for allergy sufferers but not for those with polyposis.
Daily Mail Features a Medinose Success Story
In April 2007, national newspaper ‘The Daily Mail’ ran an article on how to cope with Hayfever, which included many alternative medicine solutions. Medinose was featured, along with a user’s success story, in which the tester, Mandy Sneddon, aged 46 and a PA from Doncaster said:
“I’ve suffered from hay fever and allergies for more than 20 years, and tried many different treatments, including steroid injections, antihistamines and alternative remedies. Nothing has worked.
“I used to dread the onset of the pollen season. My symptoms would last from May to October and would spoil the whole summer for me. I couldn’t go outside, wear make-up because my eyes were streaming, and missed out on things like picnics.
“Last spring I discovered Medinose. The results were fantastic. Within the first couple of days my symptoms were starting to subside. After two weeks they had gone.”
You can read the full article as featured in the Daily Mail, online at:
