Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety Between Levocetirizine and Loratadine for Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

134 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-08-31

Study Completion Date

2004-03-31

Brief Summary

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Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety Between Levocetirizine and Loratadine for Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Urticaria

Keywords

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Levocetirizine dihydrochloride Xyzal tablets

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Interventions

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levocetirizine dihydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female, 18 to 60 years old (inclusive
* having chronic idiopathic urticaria
* at least 6-weeks history of CIU, had at least 3 days of wheals presence/week
* moderate to severe CIU defined as pruritus score ≥ 2, number of wheals ≥ 2, and total symptoms CIU score ≥ 2 at randomization

Exclusion Criteria

* Asthma requiring daily drug therapy other than ß2 inhaled agonists taken prn
* atopic dermatitis or urticaria requiring an antihistamine treatment or the administration of oral or dermal topical corticosteroids
* urticaria caused by physical factors or other known factors
* cholinergic urticaria
* had urticaria due to other systemic disorders
* were on antihistamine drug currently

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Principal Investigators

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UCB Clinical Trial Call Center

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

UCB Pharma

Other Identifiers

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A00334

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id