This was a study to measure the ability of desloratadine and levocetirizine to decrease nasal obstruction in subjects who had study-induced allergic rhinitis. Study participants had allergic rhinitis symptoms induced in a Vienna Challenge Chamber and then received desloratadine or levocetirizine for 8 days. After at least a 10 to 35-day washout period (time when no drug is given), subjects received the opposite treatment for 8 days. Subjects had their total nasal symptom measured.on the 8th day of each treatment period.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
81
desloratadine 5 mg daily x 8 days
levocetirizine 5 mg daily x 8 days
Change in Total Nasal Symptom Score (TNSS) at the end of treatment phase compared to pre-exposure baseline scores
Time frame: End of each treatment phase (8th day)
Nasal Peak Inspiratory Flow (NPIF), Nasal secretion weights, nasal airflow, individual nasal symptoms, TNSS, Total Non-Nasal Symptoms Severity Score (TNNSS), Total Symptom Score (TSS)
Time frame: End of each treatment phase (8th day)
Safety
Time frame: All study visits
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