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  • Title: Comparative clinical study of cefcapene pivoxil and cefteram pivoxil in chronic respiratory tract infections by a double-blind method.
    Author: Saito A, Hiraga Y, Watanabe A, Saito A, Shimada K, Kobayashi H, Odagiri S, Miki F, Soejima R, Oizumi K, Hara K, Nakashima M, Japanese Cefcapene Study Group.
    Journal: J Int Med Res; 2004; 32(6):590-607. PubMed ID: 15587753.
    Abstract:
    In a double-blind study, the efficacy and safety of the novel cephem antibiotic cefcapene pivoxil (CFPN-PI; 450 mg/day) was compared with cefteram pivoxil (CFTM-PI; 600 mg/day) in 171 patients with chronic respiratory tract infections. There was no significant difference between the clinical efficacy of the two drugs (80.2% for CFPN-PI versus 78.9% for CFTM-PI). There was no significant difference in the rate of elimination of the causative bacteria (60.5% for CFPN-PI versus 65.9% for CFTM-PI). Side-effects were observed in 6.0% of patients treated with CFPN-PI compared with 6.4% of patients treated with CFTM-PI. There were no significant differences in incidence of abnormal laboratory findings following treatment with the two drugs (13.9% for each), and none of the side-effects was severe. We conclude that CFPN-PI (450 mg/day) was as effective and as well tolerated as CFTM-PI (600 mg/day) in the treatment of chronic respiratory tract infections.
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