Clinical Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Loratadine Combined with Compositus Mentholi Cream in the Treatment of Infantile with External Ear Eczema / 中国药师

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy of loratadine combined with compositus mentholi cream in the treatment of infantile with external ear eczema and evaluate the safety .Methods:Totally 96 cases of infantile with external ear eczema were ran-domly divided into the observation group (n=48) and the control group (n=48) according to a random number table .Both groups were given the conventional treatment .The control group was treated with topical compositus mentholi cream , while the observation group was treated with loratadine additionally .Both groups were treated for 10 d.The clinical efficacy , the level changes of interleukin-4 (IL-4), interferon-γ(IFN-γ) and immunoglobulin-E (IgE) before and after the treatment, the incidence of adverse reactions during the treatment and the relapse after 6-month follow-up were compared between the groups .Results:The total effective rate of the obser-vation group (95.83%) was significantly higher than that of the control group (79.17%, P<0.05); the levels of IL-4, IFN-γand IgE in both groups were significantly decreased after the treatment (P<0.05), and those in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05);there was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the groups (P<0.05); the recurrence rate in the observation group (8.33%) was significantly lower than that in the control group (22.92%, P<0.05).Conclusion:The clinical efficacy of loratadine combined with compositus mentholi cream in the treatment of infantile with external ear eczema is reliable with promising safety .