Zinc and Reduced Respiratory Tract Infection

• Novel Chewable Pleuran-Based Supplement Decreases Respiratory Tract Infections in Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

  • 2025-10-14
  • RCT · n = 249
  • Advances in therapy 42(12)
  • • Milos Jesenak
    • Elena Prokopova
    • Jan Bozensky
    • Branka Bonaci-Nikolic
    • Katarina Milosevic
    • Katarina Stankovic
    • Olivera Ostojic
    • Zorica Zivkovic
    • Zuzana Diamant
    • Peter Kunc
    • Kamil Janeczek
    • Juraj Majtan

  • PubMed: 41085920
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12325-025-03393-3

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Respiratory Tract Infection

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial
  • Children

  The active group experienced significantly fewer total RTIs versus placebo (2.35 ± 1.25 vs. 2.77 ± 1.78; P = 0.042), representing 15.2% reduction over 3 months.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes