Ingestion of Exopolymers from Aureobasidium pullulans Reduces the Duration of Cold and Flu Symptoms: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Intervention Study

Table 1

Experiment schedule in this clinical study.

Visiting day; Verification/assessment items	Visit 1	Visit 2	Visit 3
	Screening base evaluation	Product provision	Test completion, final assessment (8 weeks)
	–14 days to 0 days	0 days	56 days + 5 days
Informed consent form	○
Demographic study	○
Medical history/drug administration history	○
Vital sign test	○	○	○
Preliminary/postsurvey	○		○
Body composition test	○		○
Clinical laboratory test	○		○
Urinalysis	○		○
Cytokine analysis	○		○
Pregnancy test	○
Inclusion/exclusion criteria review	○
Assignment of test foods		○
Adverse event monitoring	○	○	○
Concomitant drugs check	○	○	○
Compliance examination			○