Intralesional injection of bevacizumab versus triamcinolone acetonide in infantile hemangioma

Background: Infantile hemangioma (IH) in most cases can be a self-limited condition; however, it may be ulcerated, infected, causing organ function disability and even death. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has a role in IH. Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody against VEGF-A.Objectives: We aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of intralesional injection of bevacizumab versus triamcinolone acetonide (TAC) in IH.Methods: Thirty patients with IH were included in this study, divided into two equal groups, and treated with intralesional injection; the first group by bevacizumab and the second group by TAC. The injections in both groups were given every 4 weeks for six sessions. Assessment of the clinical response was done by the hemangioma activity score (HAS) and visual analog scale (VAS).Results: Both treatment modalities gave similar initial improvement after three sessions. However, with continuing injection sessions, bevacizumab reached a response's plateau and TAC gave better significant results after six injection sessions reading both HAS (p = .0017) and VAS (p ≤.001).Conclusion: Both intralesional injection of bevacizumab and TAC were safe and effective treatments in early proliferative IH after three sessions, however, TAC injection was significantly better than bevacizumab after six sessions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

The Journal of dermatological treatment - 31(2020), 3 vom: 29. Mai, Seite 279-284

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sabry, Hanan H [VerfasserIn]
Sorour, Neveen E [VerfasserIn]
Akl, Essam M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Bevacizumab
Comparative Study
F446C597KA
Infantile hemangioma
Journal Article
Triamcinolone Acetonide
Triamcinolone acetonide

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Date Completed 12.05.2020

Date Revised 18.05.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/09546634.2019.1590521

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM294596828