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Authors: Kaliner, Michael A.¹; White, Martha V.¹; Economides, Athena¹; Crisalida, Tera¹; Hale, Mary¹; Liao, Yuning²; Christian, Claire D.²; Georges, George C.²; Woodworth, Thomas H.²; Meeves, Suzanne G.²

Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Volume 90, Number 6, June 2003 , pp. 629-634(6)

Publisher: American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

Abstract:

Background: H₁-receptor antagonists differ in their ability to produce peripheral H₁-blockade. Suppression of histamine-induced flares and wheals is a useful objective test for measuring these differences.

Objective: To evaluate the relative potency of fexofenadine HCl 180 mg, loratadine 10 mg, and placebo (PBO) in suppressing histamine-induced flares and wheals and compare the onset, duration, and maximum suppression of histamine achieved with each agent.

Methods: Thirty healthy volunteers were enrolled in this randomized, double-blind, single-dose, crossover study. Flares and wheals induced by skin-prick testing with histamine 1.8 mg/mL were measured before treatment, every 20 minutes during the first hour after dosing, and thereafter hourly between 2 and 12 hours and between 23 and 25 hours postdose.

Results: Fexofenadine was significantly more effective than loratadine in suppressing the histamine-induced flare response at hours 2 through 7 and 10 through 12 and produced greater flare suppression than did PBO at hours 2 through 25. Onset of flare suppression occurred 2 hours after dosing with fexofenadine and 4 hours after dosing with loratadine. Likewise, fexofenadine was superior to loratadine in suppressing the wheal response from hours 1 through 12 and was more effective than PBO at hours 1 through 12, 24, and 25. Throughout the 25-hour measurement interval, the magnitude of difference in both wheal and flare suppression consistently favored fexofenadine over loratadine.

Conclusions: In a skin test model of wheal-and-flare suppression, fexofenadine showed rapid distribution into the skin compartment with faster onset of action and greater potency vs loratadine.

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Relative potency of fexofenadine HCl 180 mg, loratadine 10 mg, and placebo using a skin test model of wheal-and-flare suppression