RESEARCH ARTICLE


Long-term Efficacy of Narivent® in the Treatment of Nasal Congestion



Valerio Damiani, Angelo Camaioni, Claudio Viti, Giulia Schillani, Francesca Foltran, Antonella Silvia Scire, Giada Morpurgo, Dario Gregori
1 ENT Department San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy
2 Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy
3 Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Italy
4 Zeta Research Srl, Trieste, Italy

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2012
Volume: 4
First Page: 73
Last Page: 79
Publisher Id: TOMDJ-4-73
DOI: 10.2174/1875181401204010073

Article History:

Received Date: 8/8/2012
Revision Received Date: 15/08/2012
Acceptance Date: 17/08/2012
Electronic publication date: 20/9/2012
Collection year: 2012

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© 2012 Damiani et al.;

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Abstract

Rationale and aim:

Nasal congestion is a common symptom in allergic and non-allergic rhinitis, rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis. Although various pharmacotherapy options exist, no agent is universally efficacious. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness efficacy of Narivent®, which is an osmotically acting medical device with anti-oedematous and anti-inflammatory effects, in a long-term (30 days) treatment.

Methods:

A single-centre prospective study with a pre-post design was conducted with consecutive enrolment in an Italian Otolaryngology Department of 56 both genders patients with persistent nasal congestion.

Patients received 2 puffs of Narivent® into each nostril 2 times a day over the course of 4 weeks. The severity of symptoms was assessed subjectively as measured by a 0 to 10 visual analogue scale (VAS) and the presence/absence of symptoms and signs. Differences in subjective and objective severity measures before and after treatment were compared using Paired-Sample Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.

Results:

A significant improvement after treatment (p<0.001) has been recorded for the main subjective symptoms and objective signs (overall symptom burden, nasal congestion, cephalea, rhinorrhea, hyposmia, turbinates hypertrophy, mucosa status).

Conclusion:

Study results confirm the efficacy of Narivent® in treating nasal congestion over a 4 weeks period.

Keywords: Persistent nasal congestion, Osmotically acting medical device, Anti-oedematous activity.