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ArticleJournal of blood medicine2022

Efficacy of Oxymetholone in Severe and Nonsevere Acquired Aplastic Anemia: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

Worachaya Pengthina, Pirun Saelue

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Article in Journal of blood medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Worachaya PengthinaPharmaceutical Care Training Center, Department of Pharmaceutical Care, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-8046-5999
Pirun SaelueClinical Hematology Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-3900-460X
Chiang Mai University · THPrince of Songkla University · TH

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Abstract

Background: Bone marrow transplantation, antithymocyte globulin/cyclosporine and eltrombopag are recommended as first-line therapy of severe aplastic anemia (SAA). However, androgens could be considered as front-line treatment among any patients ineligible for better methods although unsatisfactory efficacy is presented. Objective: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate response and survival rate of practical-based treatment with oxymetholone. Patients and Methods: This constituted an analysis of patients receiving a diagnosis of acquired aplastic anemia (AA) at the age of 15 or over and receiving oxymetholone between January 2004 and December 2018. Propensity Score Analysis (PSA) 1:1 matching was performed, according to sex, age and interval from first symptom to treatment. The primary outcome was one-year overall response (OR). Results: Seventy-four patients were successfully matched by PSA. The 1-year OR of oxymetholone in the nonsevere AA (nSAA) and SAA/very severe AA (vSAA) groups was 54.1 and 13.5%, respectively (P <0.001). With median follow-up 2.7 years, the overall survival was 59.5% in nSAA and 37.8% in SAA/vSAA (P = 0.051). Median survival in nSAA and SAA/vSAA were 7.0 years and 1.8 years, respectively (P = 0.045). However, the responders of SAA/vSAA had longer survival than nonresponders of the nSAA group. Conclusion: These results revealed longer survival among the responders of patients with AA, even in the SAA/vSAA group. However, close monitoring of therapeutic responses is still performed. Switching therapy is necessary when remission is undetected after 6 months of oxymetholone treatment.

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