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ArticleVeterinary record open2017

Evaluation of a single-administration ototopical treatment for canine otitis externa: a randomised trial.

John Blake, Daniel Keil, Kenneth Kwochka, Kathleen Palma, Jennifer Schofield

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Article in Veterinary record open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John BlakeAnimal Health Division, Bayer, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA.
Daniel KeilAnimal Health Division, Bayer, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA.
Kenneth KwochkaAnimal Health Division, Bayer, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA.
Kathleen PalmaPiedmont Animal Health, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
Jennifer SchofieldAnimal Health Division, Bayer, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA.
Bayer (United States) · USCone Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new, single-administration Otic Solution containing florfenicol, terbinafine and mometasone furoate for the treatment of canine otitis externa (OE).

designThe clinical efficacy and safety study was a multicentre, controlled, masked and randomised field study conducted over 30 days. Two hundred and twenty-one (221) client-owned dogs of varying breeds with diagnosed bacterial and/or fungal OE were enrolled. PROCEDURE: Dogs were randomised to either Otic Solution or control groups. Evaluations were conducted over a minimum period of 30 days with a primary effectiveness endpoint based on the improvement in a clinical severity score at the final visit (day 30). Safety analyses were based on clinical and laboratory parameters and the occurrence of adverse events.

resultsThe Otic Solution group demonstrated a significantly higher treatment success rate compared with that observed for the control group (72.5 per cent v 11.1 per cent, P value=0.0001) for cases of OE caused by CONCLUSIONS/CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This new ototopical formulation provides safe and effective treatment of canine OE and is an important alternative antimicrobial for this indication. The single-administration dosage regimen eliminates opportunities for client dosage administration errors and medication stockpiling.

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canine otitis externadermatopathologydogstreatment

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PMCPMC5687536
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