Comparative study on the efficacy and safety of bepotastine besilate versus levocetirizine in chronic spontaneous urticaria: A randomised, open-label, parallel study

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Background: Urticaria is a common skin disease which often causes impairment in the quality of life. The ideal drug for chronic urticaria would have antihistaminic and anti-inflammatory actions. Bepotastine besilate is a recently approved novel anti-allergic agent with multiple mechanisms of action; levocetirizine is a potent and selective second-generation H1 receptor antagonist used in the treatment of urticaria. Aim: To compare the efficacy and safety of bepotastine besilate versus levocetirizine in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria. Methods: The study design is a randomised, open-label, parallel-group, prospective interventional study. The study subjects were randomly assigned to either of the two groups a and b, each group had 50 patients with chronic urticaria. Statistical analyses were performed using (SPSS, version 18) for all the variables. Chi-square test was used for comparison between categorical variables. An unpaired student’s t-test was done for quantitative variables. Results: There was a significant decrease in mean urticaria activity score (P < 0.001), chronic urticaria quality of life (P < 0.001) and clinical global improvement (P < 0.001) in both the treatment groups but this improvement was higher in the bepotastine than in the levocetirizine group. There was no significant difference in the mean of absolute eosinophil count, C-reactive protein, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase from baseline to 4th week between the two study groups. Visual analogue scale showed statistically significant improvement from baseline to 4th week (P < 0.001) of follow-up but this increase was higher in levocetirizine group (0.64–4.24) than in bepotastine group (0.56–2.56) Limitations: Blinding was not done. To assess the efficacy and safety of bepotastine, a larger study can be planned. Conclusion: This study found that bepotastine is superior to levocetirizine and showed a statistically significant reduction in mean urticaria activity score 7, improved quality of life and clinical global improvement in patients with urticaria.

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Gayathri, E., Sowmya, P., Punnagai, K., & Mahalakshmi, V. (2023). Comparative study on the efficacy and safety of bepotastine besilate versus levocetirizine in chronic spontaneous urticaria: A randomised, open-label, parallel study. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, 89(5), 672–679. https://doi.org/10.25259/IJDVL_333_2021

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