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Oxandrolone for the Treatment of Bone Marrow Aplasia in Fanconi Anemia

NCT00243399

Non-randomizedSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of the drug oxandrolone (a type of androgen steroid) in patients with Fanconi anemia (FA), and to determine if this drug can help in the treatment of bone marrow failure in these patients. Androgen steroids are male hormones that can stimulate the production of red blood cells (the cells which carry oxygen in the blood) and platelets (cells that help blood clot).

Timeline

Start
2004-07
Primary completion
2009-12
Completion
2010-01

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Oxandrolone Small molecule 0.04 mg/kg Oral
Subject Oxandrolone Small molecule 0.08 mg/kg Oral

Indications