Fluticasone propionate aqueous nasal spray in the treatment of nasal polyposis
| Autor: | G Karlsson, B Balder, Sigurdur Juliusson, DH Richards, Kenneth Holmberg, D.L. Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Immunology Anti-Inflammatory Agents Gastroenterology Fluticasone propionate Placebos Nonallergic rhinitis Nasal Polyps Internal medicine Anti-Allergic Agents otorhinolaryngologic diseases Immunology and Allergy Medicine Humans Nasal polyps Glucocorticoids Administration Intranasal Fluticasone Aged business.industry Beclomethasone respiratory system Middle Aged medicine.disease Androstadienes Nasal spray Peak Nasal Inspiratory Flow Corticosteroid Nasal administration Female business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Annals of allergy, asthmaimmunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma,Immunology. 78(3) |
| ISSN: | 1081-1206 |
| Popis: | Topical glucocorticoids are the medical treatment of choice in a majority of patients suffering from nasal polyposis. Fluticasone propionate is a fluorinated steroid reported to be highly effective when used topically in the nose for seasonal and perennial allergic and nonallergic rhinitis.To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of intranasal fluticasone propionate in the treatment of long-standing polyposis.Fifty-five patients with long-standing nasal polyposis were treated over a 26-week period with fluticasone propionate aqueous nasal spray 200 micrograms bid, beclomethasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray 200 micrograms bid or placebo, administered intranasally in an aqueous spray in a double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel-group design at a single center. The primary efficacy endpoint was the physicians' assessment of symptoms and polyp score. Peak nasal inspiratory flow was performed twice daily and on every visit to evaluate the effect of the corticosteroids on nasal air flow.A significant difference in the primary efficacy endpoint between fluticasone propionate aqueous nasal spray and beclomethasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray compared with placebo was seen after 14 weeks of treatment. This was further verified by the peak nasal inspiratory flow results. There was some evidence of earlier onset in the fluticasone propionate aqueous nasal spray group compared with the beclomethasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray group after 4 weeks in terms of the primary efficacy endpoint. From the daily record cards patients receiving fluticasone propionate aqueous nasal spray had a significantly higher percentage of days on which they required no rescue medication (P.009) and a higher percentage of days with an overall nasal blockage score on waking of2 (P.013) when compared with placebo-treated patients. No other statistically significant results were found between the two active compounds.Fluticasone propionate aqueous nasal spray 200 micrograms bid and beclomethasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray 200 micrograms bid are effective in treating the symptoms of nasal polyps, with some evidence that fluticasone propionate aqueous nasal spray has a faster onset of action and is tolerated at least as well as beclomethasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray at the same dose. |
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