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Role of mometasone furoate aqueous nasal spray for management of adenoidal hypertrophy in children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2014

R Bhargava  and
A Chakravarti
R Bhargava*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, Delhi, India
A Chakravarti
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, Delhi, India
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Rahul Bhargava, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India Fax: 0091 1127 850 553 E-mail: dr.rahul.bhargava@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objectives:

To study the role of mometasone furoate aqueous nasal spray for the management of adenoidal hypertrophy in children with more than 50 per cent obstruction, and to assess its impact on change in quality of life.

Methods:

A prospective, randomised, double-blind, interventional placebo-controlled study was conducted. A total of 100 children aged 2–12 years completed treatment and follow up. The symptoms and degree of obstruction were evaluated by nasopharyngoscopy conducted pre-treatment and 24 weeks post-treatment. Subjects received mometasone furoate nasal spray at a daily dose of 200 µg for 8 weeks, followed by a dose of 200 µg on alternate days for 16 weeks. Results were compared with those of a matched control group who were given saline nasal spray.

Results:

With mometasone treatment, there was an 89.8 per cent reduction in clinical symptom score, and the degree of obstruction dropped from 87 to 72 per cent (p < 0.0001). A statistically significant change in quality of life scores was seen in patients treated with the mometasone nasal spray (score change of 37.47) as compared with those given saline nasal spray (score change of 11.25) (p = 0.0001).

Conclusion:

Mometasone nasal spray appears to be effective in treating children with obstructive adenoids.

Keywords

AdenoidsMometasone FuroateQuality Of Life
Type
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Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 128 , Issue 12 , December 2014 , pp. 1060 - 1066
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2014 

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