Clinical efficacy and safety evaluation of tailoring iron chelation practice in thalassaemia patients from Asia-Pacific: A subanalysis of the EPIC study of deferasirox

• Main Authors: Vip Viprakasit, Hishamshah Ibrahim, Shau Yin Ha, Phoebe Joy Ho, Chi Kong Li, Lee Lee Chan, Chang Fang Chiu, Pranee Sutcharitchan, Dany Habr, Gabor Domokos, Bernard Roubert, Hong Ling Xue, Donald K. Bowden, Kai Hsin Lin
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/12631

Although thalassaemia is highly prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region, clinical data on efficacy and safety profiles of deferasirox in patients from this region are rather limited. Recently, data from the multicentre Evaluation of Patients' Iron Chelation with Exjade (EPIC) study in 1744 patient...