Clinical Study of Non Severe Aplastic Anemia Treated With Cyclosporine, Androgen and Levamisole

Shengyun Lin

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Aplastic Anemia

Treatments: Drug: Cyclosporins; Drug: levamisole hydrochloride; Drug: Androgens

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03218657

AA-LSA/SA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The clinical symptoms of non transfusion dependent non severe aplastic anemia (NSAA) are often lighter than that of severe aplastic anemia. Clinical observation is often used and the treatment should be given according to the follow-up results of peripheral blood routine and the survival condition of the patients. In recent years, a number of studies at home or abroad have tended to intervene earlier. The risk of observation and waiting for disease progression is higher. Early immunosuppression should be considered. For the treatment of non transfusion dependent non severe aplastic anemia, the commonly used treatment regimen is androgen combined with CSA. But the investigators find that Levamisole hydrochloride (LMS) as a commonly used immunomodulatory drugs may be helpful to improving immune disorder symptoms in NSAA patients. Therefore,the investigators are conducting a prospective, randomized controlled study to compare the rate, side effects and long-term survival in non transfusion dependent patients with NSAA between the androgen+CSA group and the androgen+CSA+LMS group.

Enrollment: 248 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. All the patients meet a NSAA diagnostic criteria, and agree the immunosuppressive therapy. Diagnoses reference to The diagnostic and therapeutic criteria for hematologic diseases（Zhang Zhinan 2007）, and The diagnosis and treatment of aplastic anemia（2016 UK guidelines）
2. 18-70years old, male or female
3. Liver and kidney function: the blood bilirubin is less than or equal to 2mg/dL (35 mol/L), AST/ALT in the upper limit of the normal value below 2 times, blood inosine is less than or equal to 177 umol/L.
4. Heart function is normal: EF>50%.
5. No serious lung infection.
6. All cases had no history of cancer and chemotherapy history, immunology therapy. The control group without hematologic diseases, lupus or other immune disfunctions, allergic disease, Fanconi anemia.
7. Consent signed by patients or their families.

Exclusion criteria

1. Congenital hematopoietic failure, Fanconi anemia, or combined with bone marrow hyperplasia, leukemia, multiple myeloma, giant cell anemia, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobin or other blood diseases.
2. The HBV DNA copy number is greater than 1000/ml or the serum hepatitis B virus is not clear.
3. Serum bilirubin > 2mg/dL (35 umol/L); ALT or AST > 2 times the normal value of the upper limit; alkaline phosphatase > 3 times the upper limit of the normal value; serum creatinine > 177 mol/L.
4. HIV positive.
5. Other serious diseases that may limit the patient to participate in the study (e.g., the progressive infection, incontrollable diabetes, severe cardiac insufficiency or angina pectoris, etc.)
6. Conditions are not suitable for immunosuppressive therapy.
7. Pregnant or lactating women.
8. Can not understand or follow the research program.
9. Patients under 16 years of age.
10. Patients with a history of cancer, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy, immune system diseases or allergic diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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248 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

the patients treated with levamisole hydrochloride 150mg qod +androgens 80mg qd+cyclosporins 3-5mg/kg\*d at least for one year

Treatment:

Drug: Cyclosporins

Drug: levamisole hydrochloride

Drug: Androgens

control group

Other group

Description:

the patients treated without levamisole hydrochloride，but androgens 80mg qd+cyclosporins 3-5mg/kg\*d at least for one year

Treatment:

Drug: Cyclosporins

Drug: Androgens