Transmucosal Nasal Drug Delivery: Systemic Bioavailability of ...
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7. Project III: <strong>Transmucosal</strong> nasal delivery <strong>of</strong> low-dose midazolam – evaluation <strong>of</strong> two preparations for procedural anxiolysis<br />
Patient experience and anxiety reduction<br />
VAS [mm]<br />
100<br />
90<br />
80<br />
70<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
VASb VASa VASb<br />
VASa<br />
MD (n=53)<br />
n.s<br />
* *<br />
UD (n=52)<br />
VASb 71.1 64.9<br />
VASa 23.0 24.2<br />
Figure 7-3: Reduction <strong>of</strong> anxiety in treatment<br />
(MD, n=53) and comparator group (UD, n=52).<br />
For both groups anxiety score assessed before<br />
medication was significant higher than score<br />
assessed after MRI examination. There was no<br />
difference in anxiety reduction between the two<br />
groups. VASb: VAS before, VASa: VAS after,<br />
( *): significant (p0.05),<br />
Anxiety score <strong>of</strong> all patients, who completed<br />
the MRI examination (n=105), are displayed<br />
in Figure 7-3.<br />
Between treatment and comparator group,<br />
there was no significant difference in anxiety<br />
score assessed before midazolam<br />
administration (VAS before ).<br />
In both groups (MD and UD) reduction <strong>of</strong><br />
anxiety (VAS before -VAS after ) was significant<br />
(p