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The study will find out how effective rupatadine is in the treatment of mosquito bite symptoms in adult patients allergic to mosquito bites.
Mosquito-bite symptoms include wheals and pruritic bite papules. Oral antihistamines have shown to decrease whealing ang accompanying pruritus in placebo-controlled trials.
Subjects will be treated for 4 days, and exposed to experimental mosquito bite at day 3.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rupatadine | Drug | |||
| Placebo | Drug |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Bite lesion size (squared mm) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Pruritus on a Visual Analog Scale |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timo Reunala, Prof. | Contact | (+358) 331165167 | timo.reunala@uta.fi |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Timo Reunala, Prof. | Medical School, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulappatorin Lääkäriasema | Espoo | Finland |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D006967 | Hypersensitivity |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| C103639 | rupatadine |
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| Koskiklinikka, Tampere Lääkärikeskus | Tampere | 33101 | Finland |
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