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  • Title: Therapeutic efficacy of ketanserin, a selective antagonist of the serotonin (5-HT2) receptors, in primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon.
    Author: Meloni F, Transi MG, Sciacca V, De Felice C, Bagarone A, Sciacca A.
    Journal: Angiology; 1987 Jul; 38(7):530-6. PubMed ID: 3619126.
    Abstract:
    Fourteen ambulatory and hospitalized patients with primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon have been examined before and after a thirty-one-day therapeutic trial. The treatment was conducted in two cycles. The first one lasted ten days, during which placebo was administered. The second cycle lasted three weeks, during which ketanserin, a selective antagonist of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT2) receptors, was administered. The therapeutic effect consisted of the complete healing of digital ulcers in 4 of 5 patients and a considerable decrease in the number, length, and severity of daily attacks. To evaluate the digital blood flow, each patient was submitted to a medical dynamic telethermographic test. This, after the cooling test, demonstrated an average decrease of twenty minutes in the time necessary to reestablish basal thermal conditions (T') at the end of an adequate period of therapy using optimal doses of the drug. The authors affirm that orally administered ketanserin has a beneficial effect and can be well tolerated in subjects with Raynaud's phenomenon.
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