ISSN:
1435-4373
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The efficacy and safety of trovafloxacin and amoxicillin were compared in a double-blind, double-dummy multicentre trial involving 412 patients (≥40 years of age) with acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECBs). Patients were randomized to 5 days' oral treatment with 200 or 100 mg trovafloxacin administered once daily, or 500 mg amoxicillin given three times daily. Overall clinical efficacy at the end of therapy was similar in each treatment group, with clinical success (cure + improvement) achieved in 88% and 91% of clinically evaluable patients receiving trovafloxacin 200 mg and 100 mg, respectively, and in 89% of amoxicillintreated patients. Corresponding rates at follow-up were 77%, 85% and 79%, respectively. Similar responses were noted at the end of treatment and end of study in the intent-to-treat patients. Although all three treatments produced similar bacteriological efficacy, there was a trend towards higher eradication rates forHaemophilus influenzae among patients (both clinically evaluable and intent-to-treat populations) treated with trovafloxacin 200 mg compared with those treated with amoxicillin. Both drugs were well tolerated, with treatment-related adverse events, of which headache and gastrointestinal disturbances were the most common, occurring in 12% and 6% of patients in the trovafloxacin 200 mg and 100 mg groups, respectively, and in 9% of amoxicillin-treated patients.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01691580
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