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Ketanserin for Raynaud's phenomenon in progressive systemic sclerosis

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Title
Ketanserin for Raynaud's phenomenon in progressive systemic sclerosis
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Cochrane database of systematic reviews, April 1998
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd000954
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Janet Pope, D Fenlon, A Thompson, Beverley Shea, Dan Furst, George A Wells, Alan Silman

Abstract

To assess the effects and toxicity of the following agent: ketanserin versus placebo proposed for the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) in scleroderma. We searched the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Medline up to 1996 using the Cochrane Collaboration search strategy developed by Dickersin et al.(1994). Key words included: Raynaud's or vasospasm, scleroderma or progressive systematic sclerosis or connective tissue disease or autoimmune disease. Current Contents were searched up to and including April 7, 1997. All bibliographies of articles retrieved were searched and key experts in the area were contacted for additional and unpublished data. The initial search strategy included all languages. All randomized controlled trials comparing ketanserin versus placebo were eligible if they reported clinical outcomes of interest. Trials with dropout rates greater than 35% were excluded. Data were abstracted independently by two reviewers (DF, AT). Peto's odds ratios (OR) were calculated for all dichotomous outcomes, and a weighted mean difference (WMD) was carried out on all continuous outcomes. A fixed effects or random effects model were used if the data was homogeneous or heterogeneous, respectively. Three trials and 66 patients were included. The proportion improved was significantly better in the group on ketanserin with an odds ratio (OR) of 4.80 (95% CI 1.33, 17.37). However, when comparing ketanserin to placebo, the decrease in severity of RP attacks favoured placebo but this was not statistically significant. Side effects were significantly more common in the group using active treatment with an OR of 5.96 (95% CI 1.61, 22.06). Frequency of attacks did not change, but the duration of attacks decreased significantly in the ketanserin group. Ketanserin may have some efficacy in the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to scleroderma. Overall, ketanserin is not significantly different from placebo for the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon except for some decrease in the duration of attacks and more subjects improved on ketanserin compared to placebo. However, there were more side effects. It can be concluded that ketanserin treatment in Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to scleroderma is not clinically beneficial.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Unknown 73 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 15%
Student > Master 8 11%
Student > Bachelor 7 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 9%
Other 7 9%
Other 11 15%
Unknown 23 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 30 41%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 27 36%
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