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JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
卷 289, 期 9, 页码 1130-1135出版社
AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.9.1130
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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 less than or equal to18 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 1999 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 m ethyl prednisolone 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)/muL predicted survival at 5 years of 90% [64/71] vs 42% [12/34] for patients with less robust recovery [P<.001 by log-rank test]). There were no deaths among responders more than 3 years after treatment. Relapse was common, but severe pancytopenia usually did not recur. Relapse did not influence survival. Thirteen patients showed evolution to other hematologic diseases, including monosomy 7. Conclusions Approximately half of patients with severe aplastic anemia treated with antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine have durable recovery and excellent long-term survival. These outcomes were related to the quality of hematologic recovery.
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