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Gradual tapering of desmopressin leads to better outcome in nocturnal enuresis.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Although desmopressin therapy is effective in treating polyuric monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE), the relatively high rates of recurrence are problematic. To date, the treatment protocol on the discontinuation of oral desmopressin melt (ODM) tablet, MinirinMelt, has not been established. We tested two protocols of tapering ODM when the patients achieved full response on ODM, and compared the treatment outcomes.
METHODS:
One hundred and fifty-seven polyuric MNE children were newly treated with ODM at the authors' outpatient clinics (Juntendo Nerima Hospital and Musashi-Murayama Hospital). When the patients did not respond to the 8 week ODM therapy, we added another options such as alarm, anti-cholinergics, and imipramine (92 patients; 58.6%). Sixty-five patients (41.4%) achieved full response on ODM alone, and 49 of them accepted gradual tapering of ODM: group B (n = 25), 240 μg ODM per day → 120 μg ODM per day → 120 μg ODM per alternate day → cessation; and group C (n = 24), 240 μg ODM per day → 120 μg ODM per day → 60 μg ODM per day → 60 μg ODM per alternate day → cessation.
RESULTS:
Fourteen patients in group B (56%) and four in group C (17%) had relapses of enuresis after the discontinuation of ODM (P = 0.026).
CONCLUSIONS:
Gradual tapering of ODM therapy in MNE patients leads to better outcome.
AuthorsYoshiyuki Ohtomo, Daisuke Umino, Masaru Takada, Shuichiro Fujinaga, Shinichi Niijima, Toshiaki Shimizu
JournalPediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (Pediatr Int) Vol. 57 Issue 4 Pg. 656-8 (Aug 2015) ISSN: 1442-200X [Electronic] Australia
PMID25728739 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial)
Copyright© 2015 Japan Pediatric Society.
Chemical References
  • Antidiuretic Agents
  • Deamino Arginine Vasopressin
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Antidiuretic Agents (administration & dosage)
  • Child
  • Deamino Arginine Vasopressin (administration & dosage)
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nocturnal Enuresis (drug therapy, physiopathology)
  • Outpatients
  • Recurrence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urination (drug effects, physiology)

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