Review Article
Mesoglycan: Clinical Evidences for Use in Vascular Diseases
Table 3
Mesoglycan and venous disease.
| Author | Study design | Pathology | Patients () | Doses/route | Results |
| Arosio [23] | Randomized | Chronic venous ulcers | 183 | Mesoglycan 30 mg daily i.m. for 3 weeks then 100 mg daily orally, versus placebo, for 24 ± 1 weeks | Mesoglycan: significant difference in the rate of ulcer healing versus placebo | Andreozzi [24] | Retrospective analysis | Patients with previous DVT | 36 | Mesoglycan 50 mg twice daily orally | Mesoglycan: effective in preventing thrombotic recurrences | Viliani [25] | Randomized | Mechanical oedema (MO) | 44 | FKT+Mesoglycan 30 mg twice daily orally versus FKT alone | Mesoglycan: significant clinical improvement in objective and subjective parameters | Prandoni [26] | Randomized | DVT venographically proved | 90 | Heparin and then oral anticoagulation (12 weeks), then mesoglycan 72 mg daily orally versus placebo, for 1 year | Recurrences of DVT and/or PE less frequent with mesoglycan versus placebo (nonsignificant difference) |
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