title: Controlled comparison of ketanserin and nifedipine in Raynaud's phenomenon.
abstract: Twenty-eight patients suffering from either primary or secondary Raynaud's phenomenon were treated with nifedipine and ketanserin. Each patient was treated with one of the two drugs administered after an adequate washout period. Furthermore each patient was submitted before and after treatment with each drug to computerized digital thermometry to evaluate the therapeutic response. The data obtained during the intake of the two drugs at zero, five, and twenty-three minutes were compared with thermometry-relevant baseline data at the same periods. Ketanserin proved to be useful in the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon and statistically significantly superior (alpha less than 0.05) with respect to nifedipine in the thermometric controls and also in the subjective evaluation of the patients (p less than 0.02). In this study nifedipine did not show particular efficacy. Furthermore only 2 patients had to discontinue treatment with ketanserin, whereas 8 had to discontinue treatment with nifedipine (p less than 0.001).
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Codella
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caramaschi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olivieri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perbellini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perbellini
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bambara
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corrocher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Sandre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012881:Skin Temperature
chemical_list: D007650:Ketanserin; D009543:Nifedipine