Efficacy and safety of botulinum neurotoxin NT 201 in poststroke upper limb spasticity.

Objective: To assess the impact of the new botulinum neurotoxin type A preparation NT 201 (Xeomin; Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany) on muscle tone, functional disability, and caregiver burden in patients with poststroke upper limb spasticity in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study.

Methods: One hundred forty-eight patients with an Ashworth Scale score of 2 or higher for wrist and finger flexors and at least moderate disability in their principal therapeutic target of the Disability Assessment Scale were treated either with NT 201 (median, 320 U) or placebo and followed up for up to 20 weeks. Treatment of the wrist and finger muscles was mandatory.

Neurophysiological double-blind trial of a botulinum neurotoxin type a free of complexing proteins.

Objective: Safety and efficacy of botulinum neurotoxin type A preparation NT 201 (Xeomin, Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) were investigated over 52 weeks in a double-blind, randomized trial with 32 male volunteers.

Methods: Electroneurographic assessments with surface electrodes were performed after single injections of NT 201 (2, 4, 16, or 32 units) into the extensor digitorum brevis (EDB) muscle and the same dose (Botox; Allergan Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) Ltd. Westport, Ireland) into the contralateral EDB.

A randomised clinical trial comparing the efficacy of a herbal preparation STW 5 with the prokinetic drug cisapride in patients with dysmotility type of functional dyspepsia.

Aim: To compare the efficacy of the herbal preparation STW 5 (Iberogast ((R))) and the research preparation STW 5-II with cisapride for treatment of patients with dysmotility type of functional dyspepsia.

Patients And Methods: After a diagnostic work-up and 7 days wash-out, 186 patients with dysmotility type of functional dyspepsia were randomly assigned in a double-blind, double-dummy study to one of three treatment arms (STW 5/cisapride-placebo; STW 5-II/cisapride-placebo; cisapride/STW-placebo) for four weeks. Main outcome variable was the improvement of a dyspepsia-specific gastrointestinal symptom score.

[A plant extract and its modified preparation in functional dyspepsia. Results of a double-blind placebo controlled comparative study].

Aims: To assess the efficacy and safety of the commercially available herbal preparation (Iberogast, STW-5*) containing extracts from bitter candy tuft, chamomile flower, peppermint leaves, caraway fruit, licorice root, lemon balm leaves, angelica root, celandine herbs, milk thistle fruit and its research preparation STW-5-S (without bitter candy tuft) in patients with functional dyspepsia.

Patients And Methods: After a standardized diagnostic work-up and at least 7 days free of medication, 60 patients, diagnosed with functional dyspepsia, were recruited in a multicenter trial and randomly assigned to one of 3 treatment groups (STW-5, STW-5-S or placebo). Each patient received the treatment for 4 weeks.