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Reduction in SARS-CoV-2 Oral Viral Load with Prophylactic Mouth Rinse

Ghasemi et al., Eur. J. Gen. Dent., doi:10.1055/s-0042-1747958, NCT04719208
Jul 2022  
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46th treatment shown to reduce risk in January 2024, now with p = 0.00000000062 from 3 studies.
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RCT 116 patients in Iran, showing lower short term viral load with mouth rinses chlorhexidine, hydrogen peroxide, and povidone-iodine. Chlorhexidine and hydrogen peroxide were the most effective.
Analysis of short-term changes in viral load using PCR may not detect effective treatments because PCR is unable to differentiate between intact infectious virus and non-infectious or destroyed virus particles. For example Tarragó‐Gil, Alemany perform RCTs with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) mouthwash that show no difference in PCR viral load, however there was significantly increased detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein, indicating viral lysis. CPC inactivates SARS-CoV-2 by degrading its membrane, exposing the nucleocapsid of the virus. To better estimate changes in viral load and infectivity, methods like viral culture that can differentiate intact vs. degraded virus are preferred.
Study covers hydrogen peroxide, chlorhexidine, and povidone-iodine.
Ghasemi et al., 21 Jul 2022, Randomized Controlled Trial, Iran, peer-reviewed, 22 authors, trial NCT04719208 (history).
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This study aimed to evaluate the ' 'effectiveness of four commonly used types of mouthwash in reducing intraoral viral load among ' 'hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients.</jats:p><jats:p>\n' ' Materials and Methods\u2003This prospective cohort study was conducted with 116 ' 'patients referred to the Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran, Hamadan University of Medical ' 'Sciences of Hamadan City, and Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Patients were ' 'randomized into four groups with each group rinsed their mouth with 20\u2009mL of 2% ' 'povidone-iodine, 1% hydrogen peroxide, normal saline as a control study group, or 0.12% ' 'chlorhexidine, respectively, for 20\u2009seconds. The standard reverse transcription ' 'polymerase chain reaction method evaluated the virus load before and at 1\u2009hour, 2\u2009' 'hours, and 4\u2009hours after using the mentioned mouthwash.</jats:p><jats:p>\n' ' Results\u2003Our results revealed that chlorhexidine and H2O2 showed the highest ' 'efficiency in reducing SARS-Co-2 load in the oral cavity and nasopharyngeal region of ' 'patients; they increased the Ct values by 9 to 10 (before: 25.84 vs. after 32. 4, p\u2009' '&lt;\u20090.455) (17.333 vs. after 26.497, p &lt;0.097).</jats:p><jats:p>\n' ' Conclusion\u2003Our findings suggest that chlorhexidine and H2O2 could be used in ' 'dental clinics to reduce the risk of transmitting the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infected ' 'individuals to dentists before dental procedures.</jats:p>', 'DOI': '10.1055/s-0042-1747958', 'type': 'journal-article', 'created': {'date-parts': [[2022, 7, 21]], 'date-time': '2022-07-21T22:52:32Z', 'timestamp': 1658443952000}, 'page': '094-101', 'source': 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