Stem Cell Transplantation
Lenograstim reduces infection incidence until neutrophil recovery after SCT
Published in Blood Weekly, February 24th, 2005
"A phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center trial was conducted in order to compare the incidence of microbiologically defined infections occurring after high-dose chemotherapy (HDT) and ASCT in 98 patients given lenograstim (Granocytes) and 94 patients given placebo after transplantation.
"Hematopoietic recovery, the use of intravenous antibiotics, the numbers of red blood cell and platelet transfusions, the days spent in hospital, and the days on parenteral nutrition were also compared," wrote investigators in...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-02-24)
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