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Trial reportEnvironmental health : a global access science source2016

Effect of colestimide on the concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dizenzofurans, and polychlorinated biphenyls in blood of Yusho patients.

Takashi Todaka, Akinori Honda, Masami Imaji, Yoshiko Takao, Chikage Mitoma, Masutaka Furue

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Trial report in Environmental health : a global access science source, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Current state of yusho and prospects for therapeutic strategies.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Takashi TodakaKitakyushu Life Science Center, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Nakabarushinmachi 1-4, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, 804-0003, Japan. todaka@klsc.or.jp.
Akinori HondaKitakyushu Life Science Center, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Nakabarushinmachi 1-4, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, 804-0003, Japan.
Masami ImajiKitakyushu Life Science Center, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Nakabarushinmachi 1-4, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, 804-0003, Japan.
Yoshiko TakaoFukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 39, Mukaizano, Dazaifu-shi, Fukuoka, 818-0135, Japan.
Chikage MitomaResearch and Clinical Center for Yusho and Dioxin, Kyushu University Hospital, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Masutaka FurueDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology · JPFukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences · JPKyushu University · JPKyushu University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOral colestimide was reported to lower the concentration of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCB in the blood of humans. A pilot study showed that the arithmetic mean total TEQ concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in the blood of subjects after the trial decreased approximately 20 % compared to pre-trial levels, suggesting that colestimide could decrease human dioxin levels. We designed the current clinical trial study based on this information. In this study, we examined whether colestimide could reduce the individual congener concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in the blood of Yusho patients.

methodsOut of the 36 Yusho patients who participated in the clinical trial, 26 patients self-administered colestimide 3 g/day orally for 6 months. The concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs in the blood of 26 Yusho patients before the trial were compared with those after the trial.

resultsThe arithmetic mean total TEQ concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, non-ortho PCBs, and mono-ortho PCBs in the blood of the 26 Yusho patients before and after the clinical trial were 42-303 (mean: 130, median: 120) and 43-283 (mean: 132, median: 118) pg TEQ/g lipid, respectively. The sums of the concentrations of 58 PCB congeners measured in the blood of Yusho patients before and after the trial were 321-2643 (mean: 957, median: 872) and 286-2007 (mean: 975, median: 806) ng/g lipid, respectively, indicating that the concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs after the trial were almost the same as those before the trial. Among congeners of PCDDs, PCDFs, dioxin-like PCBs, and non-dioxin-like PCBs, most congeners of these compounds did not show a statistically significant decrease after the trial.

conclusionColestimide may not be beneficial in reducing the high blood levels of dioxin-like compounds in Yusho patients.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overDibenzofurans, PolychlorinatedEnvironmental PollutantsEpichlorohydrinFemaleHumansImidazolesMaleMiddle AgedPolychlorinated BiphenylsPolychlorinated DibenzodioxinsPorphyriasResins, SyntheticcolestimideDibenzofurans, PolychlorinatedEnvironmental PollutantsEpichlorohydrinImidazolesPolychlorinated BiphenylsPolychlorinated DibenzodioxinsResins, SyntheticBlood concentrationColestimidePCBsPCDDsPCDFsYusho

Identifiers

PMID27259560
PMCPMC4893277
OpenAlexW2419081628

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