TY - JOUR
T1 - A 12-week, double-blind, multicenter study comparing diflunisal twice daily and ibuprofen four times daily in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
AU - Bennett, R. M.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Diflunisal, a nonacetylated salicylate preparation with a prolonged duration of action, was compared with ibuprofen for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in a multicenter trial comprising 210 patients. Diflunisal was administered twice a day (500 to 750 mg/day) and ibuprofen was administered four times a day (1,600 to 2,400 mg/day). To maintain double-blind conditions, all patients ostensibly followed the same regimen, ingesting their assigned drug and a matching placebo of their nonassigned drug. Disease activity assessments and laboratory tests were done periodically throughout the 12 weeks of the study, and results were compared with pretreatment findings. Efficacy evaluations in 187 patients showed that both treatments were similarly efficacious. Safety and tolerability also were similar in the two groups. Diflunisal, however, offers a more acceptable BID treatment schedule.
AB - Diflunisal, a nonacetylated salicylate preparation with a prolonged duration of action, was compared with ibuprofen for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in a multicenter trial comprising 210 patients. Diflunisal was administered twice a day (500 to 750 mg/day) and ibuprofen was administered four times a day (1,600 to 2,400 mg/day). To maintain double-blind conditions, all patients ostensibly followed the same regimen, ingesting their assigned drug and a matching placebo of their nonassigned drug. Disease activity assessments and laboratory tests were done periodically throughout the 12 weeks of the study, and results were compared with pretreatment findings. Efficacy evaluations in 187 patients showed that both treatments were similarly efficacious. Safety and tolerability also were similar in the two groups. Diflunisal, however, offers a more acceptable BID treatment schedule.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 3548984
AN - SCOPUS:0022921826
SN - 0149-2918
VL - 9
SP - 27
EP - 36
JO - Clinical therapeutics
JF - Clinical therapeutics
IS - SUPPL. C
ER -