Clinical Observation of Desloratadine Citrate Disodium in the Decremental Treatment of Chronic Urticaria / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of the effect of desloratadine citrate disodium in the decre-mental treatment of chronic urticaria. METHODS:212 patients with chronic urticaria were randomly divided into decremental treat-ment group and control group. Decremental treatment group was treated with Desloratadine citrate disodium capsules 17.6 mg in the first week,orally,qd;8.8 mg in the second week,orally,qd;8.8 mg in the third week,orally,qod;and 8.8 mg in the fourth week,orally,q3d. Control group was treated with Desloratadine citrate disodium capsules 8.8 mg,orally,qd. The treatment course for both groups was 4 weeks. The clinic data was observed,including clinical efficacy,and serum IgE,clinical symptom scores before and after treatment,recurrence rate and incidence of adverse reactions. RESULTS:The differences were not statistical-ly significant in the total effective rate and incidence of adverse reactions between 2 groups(P>0.05). The recurrence rate in decre-mental treatment was significantly lower than control group(P0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Desloratadine citrate disodium have similar clinical efficacies and safety in the decremental treatment and conventional treatment of chronic urticaria. However,decremental treatment of deslo-ratadine citrate disodium is better than conventional treatment in terms of improving the level of IgE.