Combined Chelation Therapy in Patients With Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia and Iron Overload

Summary

This is a pilot study looking at the safety and efficacy of giving combination chelation with deferasirox and deferoxamine. The hypothesis is that combination chelation is safe in decreasing overall iron in patients with thalassemia.

Timeline

Start

2007-09

Primary completion

2012-10

Completion

2012-10

Publications

• Results Lal A, Porter J, Sweeters N, Ng V, Evans P, Neumayr L, Kurio G, Harmatz P, Vichinsky E. Combined chelation therapy with deferasirox and deferoxamine in thalassemia. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2013 Feb;50(2):99-104. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2012.10.006. Epub 2012 Nov 11.

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