The Efficacy of a Plant Based Formulation in the Symptomatic Management of Mild COVID-19 Cases: A Double Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
Sanjib Kumar Das, Pradip Durga Prasad Dash, Pradip Kumar Panda, Sandhya Sadana, Reddy M Ravi Kumar, Venkatesh Hari K, Divya Kanchibhotla
Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports, doi:10.26502/acmcr.96550565
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has infected millions of people globally. There is a need for integrated modern and traditional systems of medicine to work together to find effective solutions quickly. Methods: NAOQ19 is a plant based formulation of 13 herbs. 50 COVID-19 patients were enrolled in the study. RT-PCR analysis was done on day 1, day 5 and day 10. Clinical symptoms were noted daily. Result: NAOQ19 arm showed a higher population with RT-PCR negative compared to the placebo arm on Day 5 (76% vs 0%) On Day 5, NAOQ19 arm showed a complete recovery from few symptoms while by Day 10, they showed complete recovery from all symptoms, unlike the placebo arm which showed only 10.5% of the population with clinical recovery on day 10.
Conclusion: NAOQ19 facilitated a faster recovery from all clinical features of COVID-19, when compared to the placebo group. No side effects were observed during the entire study duration.
Author Contributions Conceptualization: Pradip Kumar
Conflict of Interest The test resources were provided by Sri Sri Tattva, / Sriveda Sattva Pvt Ltd, India. Dr Ravi Reddy is the chief scientific officer of Sriveda Sattva Pvt. Ltd., In addition Dr. Hari Venkatesh is the Research and Development head at Sriveda Sattva Pvt. Ltd. Besides providing the Intervention materials, Sriveda Sattva Pvt Ltd. was not involved in any aspect of this study. All the other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Ethical Approval The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Sri Sri University (IEC Number-SSCASRH/IEC/001/21) and registered with CTRI No. CTRI/2021/08/036025.
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