Stem Cell Factor Medication for Aplastic Anemia

Summary

This trial, sponsored by Amgen, Inc., which produces the recombinant methionyl human stem cell factor (r-metHuSCF), also involves two other institutions. The primary objective is determination of the safety of administering multiple doses of r-metHuSCF in the setting of acquired aplastic anemia and evaluation of the effect of r-metHuSCF on peripheral blood counts. Potential effects of r-metHuSCF on frequency of need for red cell or platelet transfusions and on bone marrow morphology/cellularity will also be evaluated.

Timeline

Start

1993-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2002-06

Publications

• Background Camitta BM, Thomas ED, Nathan DG, Gale RP, Kopecky KJ, Rappeport JM, Santos G, Gordon-Smith EC, Storb R. A prospective study of androgens and bone marrow transplantation for treatment of severe aplastic anemia. Blood. 1979 Mar;53(3):504-14. No abstract available.
• Background Camitta BM, Storb R, Thomas ED. Aplastic anemia (first of two parts): pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. N Engl J Med. 1982 Mar 18;306(11):645-52. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198203183061105. No abstract available.
• Background Szklo M, Sensenbrenner L, Markowitz J, Weida S, Warm S, Linet M. Incidence of aplastic anemia in metropolitan Baltimore: a population-based study. Blood. 1985 Jul;66(1):115-9.

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