Furst D E, Clements P J, Harris R, Ross M, Levy J, Paulus H E
Ann Rheum Dis. 1979 Aug;38(4):356-61. doi: 10.1136/ard.38.4.356.
N-acetylcysteine was employed as a therapeutic agent in a 1-year, parallel, double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective study of 22 patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS). Patients were closely followed-up and were extensively evaluated at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Most parameters remained unchanged during 1 year of study in both the NAC and placebo groups, which showed the need for prolonged studies of drugs in PSS if definitive results are to be obtained. Over the year of the study the diffusing capacity decreased in both groups, while several other parameters measured both increased and decreased. Several simple measures of function and skin distensibility were tested and two (oral aperature and handspread) were reproducible and sensitive enough to measure moderate changes of disease activity. They may be useful in future trials of drug effect in PSS.
在一项针对22例进行性系统性硬化症(PSS)患者的为期1年的平行、双盲、安慰剂对照前瞻性研究中,使用N-乙酰半胱氨酸作为治疗药物。对患者进行密切随访,并在基线、6个月和12个月时进行全面评估。在NAC组和安慰剂组的1年研究期间,大多数参数保持不变,这表明如果要获得明确结果,需要对PSS药物进行长期研究。在研究的这一年中,两组的弥散能力均下降,而其他几个测量参数则有升有降。测试了几种简单的功能和皮肤伸展性测量方法,其中两种(口腔开口度和手部伸展度)可重复且足够敏感,能够测量疾病活动的中度变化。它们可能在未来PSS药物疗效试验中有用。