Clinical Trial: A Trial Comparing Unrelated Donor BMT With IST for Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Severe Aplastic Anemia (TransIT, BMT CTN 2202)
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Severe Aplastic Anemia
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: A Phase III Randomized Trial Comparing Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation With Immune Suppressive Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Severe Aplastic Anemia (T
Brief Summary:
Severe Aplastic Anemia (SAA) is a rare condition in which the body stops producing enough new blood cells.SAA can be cured with immune suppressive therapy or a bone marrow transplant.Regular treatment for patients with aplastic anemia who have a matched sibling (brother or sister), or family donor is a bone marrow transplant.Patients without a matched family donor normally are treated with immune suppressive therapy (IST).Match unrelated donor (URD) bone marrow transplant (BMT) is used as a secondary treatment in…
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