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Trial reportInternational forum of allergy & rhinology2017

Efficacy of olopatadine hydrochloride 0.1%, emedastine difumarate 0.05%, and loteprednol etabonate 0.5% for Chinese children with seasonal allergic conjunctivitis: a randomized vehicle-controlled study.

Rui-Fen Liu, Xiao-Xuan Wu, Xiao Wang, Jing Gao, Jun Zhou, Qi Zhao

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International forum of allergy & rhinology, 2017. 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
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Corneal biomechanical changes in allergic conjunctivitis.Eye and vision (London, England) · 2021
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Rheological Properties, Dissolution Kinetics, and Ocular Pharmacokinetics of Loteprednol Etabonate (Submicron) Ophthalmic Gel 0.38.Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics · 2019
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rui-Fen LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Xiao-Xuan WuDepartment of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Xiao WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jing GaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jun ZhouDepartment of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Qi ZhaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Dalian Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAllergic conjunctivitis (AC) is a disease of various agents that affects the physical and mental health of children. Although the most effective therapy has not been found so far, it is essential to explore the considerable therapeutic method. We compared the clinical efficacy of olopatadine, emedastine, loteprednol etabonate (LE), and vehicle for treating seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC) in Chinese children.

methodsEighty cases of 160 eyes aged from 5 to 10 years with SAC were available and those subjects were randomly distributed into 4 groups. Both their eyes received olopatadine hydrochloride 0.1% twice a day, emedastine difumarate 0.05% twice a day, or LE 0.5% 4 times a day, respectively, whereas those of the control group received artificial tears (AT) 0.5% 3 times a day. This study was conducted successfully and the observations were collected before treatment and on day 8 (±1 day) and day 15 (±2 days) afterward. The principal measurement of efficacy was focused on the signs and symptoms of the subjects, evaluated before and after treatment, in addition to visual acuity (VA) and fundus oculi.

resultsOn day 8 (±1 day) and day 15 (±2 days), all the antiallergic agents were found to be more effective than vehicle (p < 0.05) in terms of all the symptoms and signs. However, there was no statistical significance (p ≥ 0.05) shown among the treatment groups. There were no evident changes in VA and no clinically significant changes were observed in fundus oculi.

conclusionAfter the treatment, the efficacy presented a similar distribution among the trial groups.

Indexed as

Anti-Allergic AgentsAsian PeopleBenzimidazolesChildChild, PreschoolConjunctivitis, AllergicFemaleHumansLoteprednol EtabonateMaleOlopatadine HydrochlorideSingle-Blind MethodTreatment OutcomeAnti-Allergic AgentsBenzimidazolesemedastineLoteprednol EtabonateOlopatadine Hydrochlorideefficacyemedastine difumarateLEolopatadine hydrochlorideSACvehicle

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