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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Re-treatment of aplastic anemia with antithymocyte globulin or antilymphocyte serum.
American Journal of Medicine 1988 April
Twenty-two patients with aplastic anemia were treated with antilymphocyte serum or antithymocyte globulin at Vanderbilt University and affiliated hospitals from 1980 to 1986. The median age was 42 (eight to 73 years); the male:female ratio was 8:14. Nineteen patients had severe aplastic anemia, and three had moderate disease. Twenty patients received antilymphocyte serum initially while two patients received antithymocyte globulin. Fifteen patients received fluoxymesterone 10 mg by mouth three times a day with antilymphocyte serum, and all received prednisone during the course of antilymphocyte serum or antithymocyte globulin. There were seven responses (31.8 percent) to the first course with four complete responses and three partial responses. Six of 15 patients who received fluoxymesterone showed a response, compared with zero of five treated without androgens (p less than 0.05). Eight patients with no initial response and a patient who experienced a relapse after a complete response were re-treated with either antithymocyte globulin (six) or antilymphocyte serum (three), with four of nine patients (44 percent) having a response (three complete responses, one partial response). Overall, 10 of 22 patients (45 percent) had a response (six complete responses, four partial responses). Median survival for those without a response is six months. Median survival for those with a response has not been reached, with follow-up ranging from 18 to 70 months. This study shows the benefit of a second cycle of antilymphocyte serum or antithymocyte globulin and a possible role for concomitant androgens in this treatment of aplastic anemia.
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