Evaluation of nasal symptoms induced by platelet activating factor, after nasal challenge in both healthy and allergic rhinitis subjects pretreated with rupatadine, levocetirizine or placebo in a cross-over study design

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology - Tập 9 - Trang 1-5 - 2013
Rosa Muñoz-Cano1,2,3,4, Antonio Valero1,2,3,4, Ignacio Izquierdo5,6, Jaume Sánchez-López1,2,3,4, Alejandro Doménech5, Joan Bartra1,2,3,4, Joaquim Mullol2,3,4,7, Cesar Picado1,2,3,4
1Allergy Unit, Pneumology and Allergy Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
2Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
3Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN), Barcelona, Spain
4Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
5Clinical Development Department, J Uriach y Compañia, S.A, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
6J Uriach y Compañía, S.A., Poligono Industrial Riera de Caldes, Palau-Solità i Plegamans, Catalonia, Spain
7Unitat de Rinologia i Clinica de l’Olfacte, Servei d’Otorinolaringologia, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Tóm tắt

Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is produced by most inflammatory cells and it is involved in inflammatory and allergic reactions. We aimed to assess the anti-PAF effects of rupatadine and levocetirizine in the upper airways. Healthy volunteers (HV, N = 10) and seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR, N = 10) asymptomatic patients were treated out of the pollen season with either rupatadine 20 mg, levocetirizine 10 mg, or placebo once a day during 5 days prior to the PAF nasal challenge. Total 4-nasal symptom score (T4SS) and nasal patency (Vol2-5, by acoustic rhinometry) were assessed from 0 to 240 minutes after a repeated PAF challenge. In SAR patients but not in HV, both rupatadine and levocetirizine showed a trend to decrease PAF-induced T4SS from 60 to 120 minutes. Rupatadine but not levocetirizine caused a significant reduction (p < 0.05) of T4SS area under the curve compared to placebo. Rupatadine and levocetirizine caused no significant changes on nasal patency compared to placebo. These results suggest that both rupatadine and levocetirizine showed a tendency decrease toward nasal symptoms, but only rupatadine significally reduces the overall nasal symptoms (AUC) induced by PAF in SAR patients.

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