1.Different Therapeutic Regimens for Diabetic Patients with Sulfonylureas Secondary Failure:Cost-Effectiveness Analyses and Evaluation of Life Quality
Jianhua YE ; Chenghong MA ; Zhaoyuan ZHOU ; Feng HUANG ; Baifang ZHANG ; Fuli HUANG
China Pharmacy 1991;0(05):-
OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost-effectiveness and quality of survival among different therapeutic regimens for diabetic patients with sulfonylureas secondary failure(SSF).METHODS:The cost-effectiveness and the effects on patients life quality of four therapeutic schemes(group A: mixed-human insulin;group B:repaglinide and metformin;group C:repaglinide and acarbose;group D:glipizide,metfonmin and novolin N) were compared using cost-effectiveness analysis in pharmacoeconomics and DSQOL(diabetic patients’ score on quality of life).RESULTS:Group A showed the best clinical efficiency,with cost-effectiveness ratio significantly lower,physiological and psychological dimension scores significantly higher and social dimension score significantly lower than in all the other 3 groups,and all were of significant differences,but no significant differences were noted in therapeutic dimension score as compared with the other 3 groups.CONCLUSION:Insulin is optimal among four schemes in the treatment of diabetic patients with sulfonylureas secondary failure in the cost-effectiveness analysis, and it has the best efficacy in the improvement of patients’ physiology and psychology.
2.Murine antibody against E2 can capture hepatitis C virus in vitro
Wenbin MA ; Baifang FENG ; QiMin TAO
Chinese Medical Journal 2001;114(8):560-863
Objective To find neutralizing antibody candidates against hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Methods We constructed two eukaryotic expression vectors which contained the E1 and E2 gene of HCV, and detected their expression in mammalian cells with transient expression. BALB/c mice were given subculaneous injections of constructed vectors combined with the IL-2 gene intraepidermally and evaluated for induced humoral immune responses by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We used an antibody-virus interaction assay to analyze the interaction of the antisera and HCV viral particles in vitro. Results Anti E1 and anti-E2 antisera were obtained from immunized mice. The serum of mice immunized with the E2 gene immunoprecipitated the HCV isolate in source serum and reacted with the isolates unrelated to the original one. Conclusions Anti-E2 antibody in induced mice can cross-reactively capture HCV particles, highlighting the possibility of generating broadly reactive anti-E2 antibodies.