Safety & Efficacy of Thalidomide in Children With Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia (TDT) is emerging as a global public health concern. Hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only curative treatment. But its adoption is limited due to lack of Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matched donor, experienced centers and high initial cost. So, researches are going on in search of an effective, safe, easily available treatment option. Thalidomide a Fetal Hemoglobin (HbF) inducing drug shown to be effective in treatment of TDT patients in few case reports and small scale prospective and retrospective studies. However, most of these researches were done in adolescent and adult population. No randomized control trial was done to determine the safety and efficacy of Thalidomide in TDT children. So, this study will predict the safety and efficacy of Thalidomide in TDT children and will play an important role in planning a cost effective and affordable treatment option for TDT children. This single centered non blinded quasi randomized clinical trial will be conducted at the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Bangladesh for one year of period. The objective of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of Thalidomide in TDT children 30 transfusion dependent thalassemia children of 3-18 years old will be included. This study will involve minimum physical risk to the patient. Written informed consent will be taken from parents or study subjects after brief explanation of the purpose and procedure. They will also be informed about the freedom to participate or not to participate at any time. Privacy and confidentiality will be safe guarded. History regarding age, sex, height, weight of these patients will be taken. Through physical examinations and laboratory investigations including complete blood count (CBC), Hb electrophoresis, serum Ferritin, serum creatinine, serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT), serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) will be done. Data will be collected in a predesigned questionnaire and will be kept confidential. Statistical analysis will be done using the statistical package for social science (SPSS) software .

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• Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
• Participants enrolled: 60
• From 1 Mar 2023 to the primary completion date, 28 Feb 2024
• 1 site in 1 country
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Who the study is looking for

Age in the registry: 3 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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