Trial of alginates in throat symptoms: protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, placebo controlled, double blind, parallel, randomised controlled trial of liquid alginate (Gaviscon Advance) for the treatment of persistent throat symptoms
Introduction Persistent throat symptoms (PTS) are indicators for over 60 000 new patient referrals to NHS secondary care annually. PTS have been attributed to manifestation of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) with the hypothesis that gastric refluxate damages and irritates the mucosa of the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2025-01-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1/e087729.full |