Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Laurent Hamelin

Publications

• Research Article
  A New Generation of Throat Cleaning and Healing Filmogen Solution for the Treatment of Productive (Wet) Cough
  Author(s): Nathalie Cucuat, Sara Adel Adly, Dankwart Rauscher, Joydeep Mukerji, Laurent Hamelin and Ravi ShrivastavaNathalie Cucuat, Sara Adel Adly, Dankwart Rauscher, Joydeep Mukerji, Laurent Hamelin and Ravi Shrivastava
  
  Objective: Wet cough is one of the most common pathologies in the world affecting nearly 12% of the world population. Being a multifactorial disease, involving initially viral infection, followed by bacterial secondary superinfection, damage to the throat mucosa, production of sticky mucus, and poor local immunity, there is currently no effective drug available. We conceived VB-Gy, an osmotically active filmogen solution, capable of cleaning the infected surface of all contaminants topically present, and of preparing a favorable ground for healing. The efficacy and safety of VB-Gy is assessed through a clinical trial, vs. saline solution as comparator product. Methods: The study was a multi-centric, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial on patients suffering from wet cough. The study involved 39 in the test product group and 15 .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000415

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