当前位置： SCI文献检索 > RESPIRATORY MEDICINE期刊下所有文献 > Hydrofluoroalkane-134a beclomethasone dipropionate extrafine aerosol provides equivalent asthma control to chlorofluorocarbon beclomethasone dipropionate at approximately half the total daily dose.

Hydrofluoroalkane-134a beclomethasone dipropionate extrafine aerosol provides equivalent asthma control to chlorofluorocarbon beclomethasone dipropionate at approximately half the total daily dose.

Abstract：

:The mandatory requirement to eliminate chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as propellants in pharmaceutical aerosols has provided the opportunity to enhance significantly the delivery of aerosol drugs to the respiratory tract. This randomized, parallel-group, double-blind, double-dummy, multicentre study was undertaken to assess whether beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) in hydrofluoroalkane-134a (HFA) provided equivalent control of moderately severe asthma to BDP in CFC but at approximately half the total daily dose, as might be expected from the improved lung deposition of the HFA-BDP extrafine aerosol. The novel study design included a 10-12 day run-in period to confirm that patients met established criteria of moderately severe asthma and were symptomatic on current therapy (inhaled beta-agonist plus CFC-BDP 400-800 micrograms day-1). This run-in period was followed by a short course of oral steroid therapy (prednisolone 30 mg day-1 for 7-13 days) to demonstrate steroid responsiveness [> or = 15% improvement in morning peak expiratory flow (PEF)] and to provide a within-study baseline of improved asthma control. A total of 233 patients were randomized to treatment for 12 weeks with HFA-BDP 800 micrograms day-1 (116 patients) or CFC-BDP 1500 micrograms day-1 (117 patients). The mean change from oral steroid treatment in morning PEF with HFA-BDP was equivalent to that seen with CFC-BDP at all time intervals. Changes in other measures of pulmonary function, asthma symptom scores and beta-agonist use were equivalent in the two treatment groups throughout the 12 week treatment period. The safety profile of HFA-BDP compared favourably with that of CFC-BDP with no unexpected adverse events reported. Fewer patients on HFA-BDP than on CFC-BDP had plasma cortisol levels below the normal reference range after 12 weeks of therapy (5.1% vs. 17.3%, respectively). In conclusion, HFA-BDP extrafine aerosol was found to provide equivalent control of moderately severe asthma to CFC-BDP at approximately half the daily dose with a favourable safety profile, suggesting an improved therapeutic ratio.

journal_name

Respir Med

journal_title

Respiratory medicine

authors

Davies RJ,Stampone P,O'Connor BJ

doi

10.1016/s0954-6111(98)90214-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-06-01 00:00:00

pages

23-31

eissn

0954-6111

issn

1532-3064

pii

S0954-6111(98)90214-1

journal_volume

92 Suppl A

pub_type

临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验

在线工具

Hydrofluoroalkane-134a beclomethasone dipropionate extrafine aerosol provides equivalent asthma control to chlorofluorocarbon beclomethasone dipropionate at approximately half the total daily dose.