INTRANASAL INTERFERON-ALPHA-2 TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL RHINOVIRAL COLDS
INTRANASAL INTERFERON-ALPHA-2 TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL RHINOVIRAL COLDS
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/150.2.174
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
GWALTNEY, JM
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作者:
HAYDEN, FG;GWALTNEY, JM
The therapeutic efficacy of recombinant interferon-.alpha.2 (HuIFN-.alpha.2) in experimental infection with rhinovirus type 39 was assessed in 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies. Adult volunteers (serum neutralizing antibody titer, .ltoreq. 1:2) were given 9 .times. 106 IU of HuIFN-.alpha.2 3 times a day for 5 days by intranasal spray (study 1) or drops (study 2) beginning 28 h after rhinovirus inoculation. HuIFN-.alpha.2 did not prevent rhinovirus infection or colds in either study. Treatment by nasal drops and to a lesser extent by spray was associated with significant reductions in duration and quantity of viral shedding. Treatment by drops was associated with significant but modest effects on nasal symptom scores and trends toward reduced quantities of production of nasal mucus. Despite lower nasal ash concentrations of interferon, HuIFN-.alpha.2 drops appeared to have greater antiviral activity and therapeutic efficacy than did HuIFN-.alpha.2 spray. Evidently, HuIFN-.alpha.2 may not be therapeutically useful in treating naturally occurring rhinoviral colds.