Overview

The Evaluation of Bepreve on the Measurement of Wheal and Flare Response From Histamine Skin Prick Testing

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-06-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
To evaluate the effect of BEPREVE compared to a REFRESH Tears Lubricant eye drop on the measurement of the wheal and flare from histamine skin prick testing. This is an open label, two-week, post-marketing study conducted on histamine responsive patients.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
North Texas Institute for Clinical Trials
Treatments:
Bepotastine besilate
Histamine
Histamine phosphate
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Healthy male and female subjects, 18 to 65 years of age

- Patients must demonstrate a positive reaction to a Histamine skin-prick test.
Manifested by a histamine-induced wheal of >3mm in diameter over the normal saline
control after 15 minutes of elapsed time

Exclusion Criteria:

- Significant signs and symptoms of currently active allergic disease (SAR, perennial
allergic rhinitis, episodic allergic rhinitis)

- Upper respiratory tract infection, sinusitis, asthma or flu-like symptoms within 2
weeks prior to visit 1

- Subjects who have dermatographism or other skin conditions which might interfere with
the interpretation of the skin test results

- Subjects who are receiving escalating doses of immunotherapy, oral immunotherapy or
short course (rush) immunotherapy

- Known hypersensitivity to the investigational product or to drugs with similar
chemical properties

- Pregnancy and/or breast feeding

- Use of antihistamines, NSAIDS, steroids, or other drugs which may affect the
skin-response

- Use of any medications or agents that are not specified above that may confound the
interpretation of the results