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Randomized clinical trial with two doses (100 and 40 ml) of Stronger Neo-Minophagen C in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B.
- Source :
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Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology [Hepatol Res] 2002 Nov; Vol. 24 (3), pp. 220. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Stronger Neo-Minophagen C (SNMC) is an intravenous drug with glycyrrhizin as the principal ingredient. The efficacy and safety of SNMC at two doses were evaluated on 194 patients with chronic hepatitis B in nine hospitals in China. They all had serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) exceeding twice the upper limit of normal (>80 IU/l). SNMC daily 100 and 40 ml were given for 4 weeks to the patients randomized into Group A (N=99) and Group B (N=95), respectively. Thereafter, all patients received oral glycyrrhizin (GLYCYRON Tab) 9 tablets a day for an additional 4 weeks. Primary end-point was ALT<1.5 times the upper limit of normal (60 IU/l) at completion of the 8-week therapy, and it was achieved by 73 patients (74%) in Group A and 74 (79%) patients in Group B; normalization of ALT levels (<40 IU/l) was accomplished in 58 (58%) and 54 (57%) patients in Groups A and B, respectively. SNMC was withdrawn in four (2%) patients due to mild and reversible side effects. Based on these results, SNMC is safe and efficacious in lowering or normalizing ALT levels in patients with chronic hepatitis B in China, and an induction dose of 40 ml daily is efficient in achieving maximal effects.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1386-6346
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12393023
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1386-6346(02)00086-4