title: [Cyclosporin A in chronic active hepatitis. Results of a pilot study of 20 patients].
abstract: In 20 patients suffering from advanced chronic active hepatitis, type B or NANB, the therapeutic effect of cyclosporin A was studied. 15 of these patients already showed cirrhotic transformations and partial liver dysfunctions. In 15 cases an unsuccessful pretreatment with glucocorticoids and/or azathioprine had been performed. Only 3 patients showed an improvement of biochemical and morphological findings under treatment with cyclosporin. In spite of complete normalisation of the biochemical data in another case the morphologic aspects of a liver biopsy remained unchanged. Except for one case of obvious hepatoxicity no serious side effects of cyclosporin were observed under a therapeutic blood concentration between 200 and 400 ng/ml. From our observations we conclude that cyclosporin only in rare cases of advanced chronic active hepatitis may be promising. Furthermore we could not detect any particular criteria for predicting a response to cyclosporin in advance.
mesh_terms: D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins
vernacular_title: Cyclosporin A bei aktiver chronischer Hepatitis. Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudie bei 20 Patienten.