Antithymocyte Globulin and Cyclosporine for Severe Aplastic Anemia

作者：Stephen J. Rosenfeld, Dean Follmann, Olga Núñez, Neal S. Young · 发表于：JAMA · 年份：2003 · DOI：10.1001/jama.289.9.1130 · 被引用次数：400 · 研究领域：Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation、Mesenchymal stem cell research、Neutropenia and Cancer Infections

CONTEXT: In most patients, aplastic anemia results from T-cell-mediated immune destruction of bone marrow. Aplastic anemia can be effectively treated by stem cell transplantation or immunosuppression. OBJECTIVE: To assess long-term outcomes after immunosuppressive therapy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: Cohort of 122 patients (31 were < or =18 years and 91 were >18 years) with severe aplastic anemia, as determined by bone marrow cellularity and blood cell count criteria, were enrolled in a single-arm interventional research protocol from 1991 to 1998 at a federal government research hospital. INTERVENTIONS: A dose of 40 mg/kg per day of antithymocyte globulin administered for 4 days, 10 to 12 mg/kg per day of cyclosporine for 6 months (adjusted for blood levels), and a short course of corticosteroids (1 mg/d of methylprednisolone for about 2 weeks). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Survival, improvement of pancytopenia and transfusion-independence, relapse, and evolution to other hematologic diseases. RESULTS: Response rates were 60% at 3 months after initiation of treatment, 61% at 6 months, and 58% at 1 year. The blood cell counts of patients who responded no longer satisfied severity criteria and they were transfusion-independent. Overall actuarial survival at 7 years was 55%. Survival was associated with early satisfaction of response criteria (86% vs 40% at 5 years; P<.001) and by blood counts at 3 months (reticulocyte count or platelet count of >50 x 10(3)/ microL predicted survi...