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Comparison of the effects of levocetirizine and loratadine on histamine-induced wheal, flare, and itch in human skin

Comparison of the effects of levocetirizine and loratadine on histamine-induced wheal, flare, and itch in human skin
Comparison of the effects of levocetirizine and loratadine on histamine-induced wheal, flare, and itch in human skin
Background: This randomized, double-blind, crossover study compared the effects of the R-enantiomer of cetirizine, levocetirizine, with those of loratadine on the wheal, flare, and itch response to histamine in human skin.
Methods: Levocetirizine (5 mg), loratadine (10 mg), or placebo was taken orall_y 4 h before the intradermal injection of histamine (20 µl, 100 µM) or the control vehicle into the forearm skin of healthy volunteers. Flare areas were assessed by scanning laser Doppler imaging before and at 30-s intervals for a period of 9 min. Wheal areas were measured by planimetry at 10 min. Itch was scored every 30 s with a visual analogue scale.
Results: After placebo administration, the mean peak flare area was 23.01±1.94 cm2, the wheal area 248±27 mm2, and the cumulative itch score 28.8±4.6% (mean±SEM). Levocetirizine reduced the flare, wheal, and itch by 60%, 68%, and 91%, respectively (all_ P<0.001, Student's t-test for paired data). The effects of loratadine were variable and not statisticall_y significant.
Conclusions: Levocetirizine (5 mg) is a potent inhibitor of the effects of histamine in human skin with an efficacy that exceeded that of loratadine (10 mg) when single doses of the drugs were administered 4 h before the test.
antihistamines, flare, itch, levocetirizine, loratadine, skin, wheal
0105-4538
985-988
Clough, G.F.
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Boutsiouki, P.
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Church, M.K.
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Clough, G.F.
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Boutsiouki, P.
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Church, M.K.
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Clough, G.F., Boutsiouki, P. and Church, M.K. (2001) Comparison of the effects of levocetirizine and loratadine on histamine-induced wheal, flare, and itch in human skin. Allergy, 56 (10), 985-988. (doi:10.1034/j.1398-9995.2001.00204.x).

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Abstract

Background: This randomized, double-blind, crossover study compared the effects of the R-enantiomer of cetirizine, levocetirizine, with those of loratadine on the wheal, flare, and itch response to histamine in human skin.
Methods: Levocetirizine (5 mg), loratadine (10 mg), or placebo was taken orall_y 4 h before the intradermal injection of histamine (20 µl, 100 µM) or the control vehicle into the forearm skin of healthy volunteers. Flare areas were assessed by scanning laser Doppler imaging before and at 30-s intervals for a period of 9 min. Wheal areas were measured by planimetry at 10 min. Itch was scored every 30 s with a visual analogue scale.
Results: After placebo administration, the mean peak flare area was 23.01±1.94 cm2, the wheal area 248±27 mm2, and the cumulative itch score 28.8±4.6% (mean±SEM). Levocetirizine reduced the flare, wheal, and itch by 60%, 68%, and 91%, respectively (all_ P<0.001, Student's t-test for paired data). The effects of loratadine were variable and not statisticall_y significant.
Conclusions: Levocetirizine (5 mg) is a potent inhibitor of the effects of histamine in human skin with an efficacy that exceeded that of loratadine (10 mg) when single doses of the drugs were administered 4 h before the test.

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Published date: 2001
Additional Information: Short Communication
Keywords: antihistamines, flare, itch, levocetirizine, loratadine, skin, wheal

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Local EPrints ID: 26993
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/26993
ISSN: 0105-4538
PURE UUID: 2cf8ce79-2c44-4f73-abf7-28fc21d3bc26
ORCID for G.F. Clough: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6226-8964

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Date deposited: 25 Apr 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:54

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Author: G.F. Clough ORCID iD
Author: P. Boutsiouki
Author: M.K. Church

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