Respirators with chitosan nanoparticles as protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection
In the current corona pandemic, the protection of medical personnel who have contact with Covid-19 infected patients is important, also to ensure stability of the health care services. The personal protective equipment of hospital staff includes particle filtering respiratory masks. From early 2021, a clinical study will be conducted to investigate the protective effect of a new type of respirator with a filter element containing chitosan nanoparticles in Brazil. More about this study and other current clinical studies with chitosan in this article.
Recent and ongoing clinical studies with chitosan
Clinical trials are done to investigate if the treatment is efficient and safe, to improve the health and quality of the life for patients. In this article, we present you clinical trials with chitosan-based products which are about to be performed and two completed clinical trials about dental implant maintenance and chitosan nerve tubes.
Clinical Studies with Chitosan
Chitosan is not only used for feverish laboratory-scale research, but also for specific application in chitosan-based products for a wide variety of indications, which are being tested in clinical studies. In this article we provide an insight into current clinical studies on chitosan and present the results of two studies on chronic wound healing and improved hemostasis after puncture of the radial artery.
Efficiency of Chitosan in toothpaste
Nitin Mohire and Yadav Adhikrao of the Government College of Pharmacy in Vidyanagar, India developed a herbal chitosan toothpaste and tested its efficiency. Read more about the results of their four-week clinical trial.