title: Moxifloxacin in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: clinical evaluation and assessment by patients.
abstract: The clinical success of a 5-day course of oral moxifloxacin (administered once daily at a dose of 400 mg) was evaluated in 328 patients with acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (Anthonisen type 1) in a non-comparative study conducted by chest physicians in private practice. Results were assessed on the basis of clinical parameters and, for the first time in a trial involving oral moxifloxacin, by the surrogate marker of patient satisfaction. Improvement in (and severity of) cough, dyspnoea, chest pain and sputum were scored daily by patients. Cough, chest pain and purulent sputum production improved rapidly within the first 5 days of treatment. At least 90% of patients were satisfied with the antibiotic. The clinical success rate (cure and improvement) for all patients involved (intent-to-treat analysis) was 90.5%. The most commonly experienced adverse events were gastrointestinal related, with diarrhoea the most frequent of these (2.7% of all patients).
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II, Lüdenscheid District Hospital, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Thate-Waschke
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001372:Aza Compounds; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011804:Quinolines; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D011804:Quinolines; D000077266:Moxifloxacin