Safety and toxicity of Nonoxynol-9 gel as a rectal microbicide
Safety and toxicity of Nonoxynol-9 gel as a rectal microbicide
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DOI:
10.1097/00007435-199911000-00005
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发表时间:
1999-11-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Celum, CL
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作者:
Tabet, SR;Surawicz, C;Celum, CL
Background and Objectives: Methods of HIV and STD prevention, which can be controlled by the receptive partner, are a high priority for research and development. Studies on the safety of Nonoxynol-9 (N-9) on the vaginal mucosa have yielded conflicting results. No Phase I study has evaluated the effect of N-9 an the rectal mucosa.Goals: To assess the safety of 52.5 mg of N-9 in a 1.5-g gel when applied one to four applicators per day to the rectum and penis.Study Design: The study included 25 HIV-negative and 10 HIV-positive, monogamous gay male couples in which each partner was exclusively insertive or receptive while using N-9 gel. Each participant served as his own control during placebo gel use compared to during N-9 gel use. Receptive partners underwent anoscopic examination after 1 week of placebo use and after 2, 5, and 6 weeks of N-9 gel use, with rectal biopsies obtained after I week of placebo use and after 5 and 6 weeks of N-9 gel use. Insertive partners had safety monitoring after 1. week of placebo use and after 2, 5, and 6 weeks of N-9.Results: No rectal ulcers were detected; superficial rectal erosions mere noted in two HIV-negative participants. Abnormal or slightly abnormal histologic abnormalities of rectal biopsies mere detected in 31 (89%) receptive participants after N-9 gel use compared to 24 (69%) participants after 1 week of placebo gel use. Meatal ulceration, not caused by herpes simplex virus, was detected in one HIV-negative participant.Conclusion: Low-dose N-9 gel was not associated with macroscopic rectal and penile epithelial disruption or inflammation, but histologic abnormalities were commonly observed during N-9 gel as well as during placebo gel use.