Long-Term Effect of High-Dose Dexamethasone with or without Low-Dose Dexamethasone Maintenance in Untreated Immune Thrombocytopenia

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作者：
Din, Banhe [1 ]
Wang, Xingwen [2 ]
Shi, Yuye [1 ]
Li, Yufeng [1 ]
机构：
[1] Nanjing Med Univ, Huaian Peoples Hosp 1, Dept Hematol, Huaian 223300, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] Nanjing Med Univ, Huaian Peoples Hosp 1, Dept Pharmaceut, Huaian 223300, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
来源：
ACTA HAEMATOLOGICA | 2015年 / 133卷 / 01期
关键词：
High-dose dexamethasone; Immune thrombocytopenia; Long-term efficacy; Maintenance therapy; PURPURA; CHILDREN; ADULTS; THERAPY;
D O I：
10.1159/000362529
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
Background: To tackle the problems associated with high-dose dexamethasone (HD-DXM) in patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Aim: To compare the efficacy of HD-DXM with or without low-dose dexamethasone maintenance in untreated ITP patients. Results: Dexamethasone (40 mg/day) was given in 4-day pulses every 14 days for 3 cycles in 61 patients with ITP. Among them, 30 cases were given dexamethasone (0.035 mg/kg per day) for maintenance between pulsed HD-DXM and after 3 HD-DXM courses (HD-DXM-M group) and another 31 cases did not receive dexamethasone maintenance (HD-DXM-nM group). The control group comprised the patients who received prednisone (prednisone group). The following results were obtained: (1) at the end of the 3rd cycle, the overall response rate (ORR) was higher in the HD-DXM group than in the prednisone group; (2) the ORR of the HD-DXM group peaked after the 3rd cycle; (3) the ORR after each course was higher in the HD-DXM-M group than in the HD-DXM-nM group; (4) in the 12th month after HD-DXM discontinuation, the relapse rate of the HD-DXM-M group was lower than that of the other groups (prednisone and HD-DXM-nM). Conclusion: Treatment with 3 cycles of HD-DXM pulses with low-dose dexamethasone maintenance is an effective method for untreated ITP. (C) 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
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