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Trial reportAmerican journal of hematology2013

Deferasirox demonstrates a dose-dependent reduction in liver iron concentration and consistent efficacy across subgroups of non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients.

Ali T Taher, John B Porter, Vip Viprakasit, Antonis Kattamis, Suporn Chuncharunee, Pranee Sutcharitchan, Noppadol Siritanaratkul, Renzo Galanello, Zeynep Karakas, Tomasz Lawniczek and 4 more

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Trial report in American journal of hematology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Deferasirox for managing iron overload in people with thalassaemia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
  2. β-Thalassemia.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 11 institutions in 8 countries.

Ali T TaherHematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. ataher@aub.edu.lb
John B Porter
Vip Viprakasit
Antonis Kattamis
Suporn Chuncharunee
Pranee Sutcharitchan
Noppadol Siritanaratkul
Renzo Galanello
Zeynep Karakas
Tomasz Lawniczek
Dany Habr
Jacqueline Ros
Yiyun Zhang
M Domenica Cappellini
Novartis (Switzerland) · CHNovartis (United States) · USSiriraj Hospital · THAmerican University of Beirut · LBChulalongkorn University · THFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITIstanbul University · TRMahidol University · THNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GROspedale Microcitemico · ITUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 1-year THALASSA study enrolled 166 patients with various non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia (NTDT) syndromes, degrees of iron burden and patient characteristics, and demonstrated the overall efficacy and safety of deferasirox in reducing liver iron concentration (LIC) in these patients. Here, reduction in LIC with deferasirox 5 and 10 mg/kg/day starting dose groups is shown to be consistent across the following patient subgroups-baseline LIC/serum ferritin, age, gender, race, splenectomy (yes/no), and underlying NTDT syndrome (β-thalassemia intermedia, HbE/β-thalassemia or α-thalassemia). These analyses also evaluated deferasirox dosing strategies for patients with NTDT. Greater reductions in LIC were achieved in patients dose-escalated at Week 24 from deferasirox 10 mg/kg/day starting dose to 20 mg/kg/day. Patients who received an average actual dose of deferasirox >12.5-≤17.5 mg/kg/day achieved a greater LIC decrease compared with the ≥7.5-≤12.5 mg/kg/day and >0-<7.5 mg/kg/day subgroups, demonstrating a dose-response efficacy. LIC reduction across patient subgroups was generally consistent with the primary efficacy analysis with a similar safety profile.

Indexed as

AdultBenzoatesDeferasiroxDose-Response Relationship, DrugDouble-Blind MethodFemaleFerritinsHumansIron Chelating AgentsIron OverloadLiverMaleThalassemiaTriazolesYoung AdultBenzoatesDeferasiroxFerritinsIron Chelating AgentsTriazoles

Identifiers

PMID23553596
PMCPMC3698696
OpenAlexW2002830802

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