We report on 14 children (seven boys, seven girls) with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) refractory to multiple treatments, who were given a short-term therapy (range between 6 and 10 weeks) with high doses of cyclosporin A (CyA) (median, 10 mg/kg/d). Six patients experienced adverse events and one developed severe systemic mycosis during therapy. A complete response (CR) was observed in four patients and a partial response (PR) in three patients. Only the four CR patients, who were all girls, had a sustained response. These data suggest that CyA may be effective in some children with chronic symptomatic ITP.
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Titolo: | Treatment with short-term, high-dose cyclosporine-A in children with refractory chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2003 |
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Abstract: | We report on 14 children (seven boys, seven girls) with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) refractory to multiple treatments, who were given a short-term therapy (range between 6 and 10 weeks) with high doses of cyclosporin A (CyA) (median, 10 mg/kg/d). Six patients experienced adverse events and one developed severe systemic mycosis during therapy. A complete response (CR) was observed in four patients and a partial response (PR) in three patients. Only the four CR patients, who were all girls, had a sustained response. These data suggest that CyA may be effective in some children with chronic symptomatic ITP. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11571/108458 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |