title: Recombinant human interferon-beta for condylomata acuminata: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of intralesional therapy.
abstract: To assess the efficacy of a novel glycosylated mammalian cell derived recombinant human interferon-beta (r-hIFN-beta-1a) in the intralesional treatment of genital condylomata acuminata. The study was randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled. Patients (n=60) with up to 8 distinct condylomata acuminata were randomized to receive either one million international units (IU) of r-hIFN-beta-1a or placebo intralesionally into each lesion, 3 times a week, for a total of 9 occasions. Biopsies were taken from each patient before enrolment to allow human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, and patients were tested for the development of anti-IFN-beta antibodies. Efficacy was assessed by measuring the complete response rate 3 months after treatment. The complete response rate was not significantly better with r-hIFN-beta-1a than with placebo. However, after 3 months, 73.3% of patients treated with r-hIFN-beta-1a had experienced at least a partial response to treatment, compared with 33.3% of placebo-treated patients. At 19 days and 6 weeks, r-hIFN-beta-1a produced a significantly larger reduction in the area of condylomata. Lesions with detectable HPV6 or 11 showed a trend towards a better response rate to treatment with r-hIFN-beta-1a than lesions where no HPV DNA was detected. The treatment was well tolerated. In the 5 patients who developed non-neutralizing anti-IFN-beta antibodies, therapeutic efficacy was not compromised. Intralesional r-hIFN-beta-1a was effective in the reduction of the size of genital condylomata acuminata.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carmel Medical Center and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bornstein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pascal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zarfati
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goldshmid
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abramovici
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D000068556:Interferon beta-1a; D016899:Interferon-beta / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D016899:Interferon-beta; D000068556:Interferon beta-1a