NCT03590977 is a NA clinical trial of licorice extract mouthwash in Caries, Dental, sponsored by Cairo University.

Who is sponsoring NCT03590977?

NCT03590977 is sponsored by Cairo University.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03590977?

Interventions in NCT03590977: licorice extract mouthwash, chlorohexidine mouthwash.

What condition does NCT03590977 study?

NCT03590977 studies Caries, Dental.

Is NCT03590977 still recruiting?

NCT03590977 is currently status unknown. Last updated 18 July 2018.

Last reviewed 2018-07-18 · How we verify

NCT03590977

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Efficacy of Licorice on Reducing Salivary Streptococcus Mutans Versus Chlorohexidine in Caries Risk Patients

Status unknown NA Last updated 18 July 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing licorice extract mouthwash in Caries, Dental in 52 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

1 September 2018

Primary endpoint
30 August 2019

1 October 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Cairo University
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	52
Start date	1 September 2018
Primary completion	30 August 2019
Estimated completion	1 October 2019

Drugs / interventions tested

licorice extract mouthwash
chlorohexidine mouthwash — full drug profile →

Conditions studied

Caries, Dental — all drugs for Caries, Dental →

Sponsor

Cairo University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 80, any sex, with Caries, Dental. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

To compare the effect of a natural herbal licorice containing preventive measure alternative to chlorohexidine preventive measure to decrease the effect of streptococcus mutans.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

IgYs: on her majesty's secret service.
Grzywa R, Łupicka-Słowik A, Sieńczyk M. · · 2023 · cited 11× · PMID 37377972 · DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1199427

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03590977 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Cairo University
Last refreshed: 18 July 2018

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