To compare therapeutic effect of Glycyrrhizic Acid and H1-receptor antagonist for acute urticaria : a multicenter, prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- acute urticaria
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000001254
- Lead Sponsor
- Yuzawa Community Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who are unreliable in following physicians' directives; did not use of any other H1-receptor antagonists, steroids, or antiallergy agent within 48 hours before entry; have no history of contraindication of H1-receptor antagonist, Glycyrrhizic Acid injestion, or similar articles; are pregnant or in lactation period; have to drive back home by oneself; and are in other conditions at the discretion of the individual physician
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A visual analog scale (VAS) for pruritus as a patient's subjective measurement
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of the itch based on a new rating scale (a 'itch score'), a final global improvement rating