DRUG ETIOLOGY OF APLASTIC ANEMIA AND RELATED DYSCRASIAS
Project Number5R01HL031768-07
Contact PI/Project LeaderKAUFMAN, DAVID W
Awardee OrganizationBOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
Description
Abstract Text
An existing case-control study designed to evaluate the role of
drugs (other than those used for chemotherapy and
immunotherapy) in the etiology of aplastic anemia,
agranulocytosis, and thrombocytopenic purpura will be continued.
Cases will be indentified by regular examination of admission
lists, laboratory data, and other sources in hospitals in eastern
Massachusetts and Rhode Island where blood dyscrasias are
treated, or by contacting appropriate hospital personnel by
telephone, The total population fo the region is about 5.7 million.
the final eligibility of the cases will be determined by a
committee of hematologists, according to strict diagnostic
criteria. Cases and appropriate hospital controls will be
interviewed to obtain information on drug use, occupational and
chemical exposures, personal data, and relevant medica history.
It is expected that over three and one half years, 30 cases of
aplastic anamia, 25 of agranulocytosis, 120 of thrombocytopenic
purpura, andd 1200 controls will be added to the existing data
base. By the end of the study, there should be at least 70 cases of
aplastic anemia, 65 of agranulocytosis, 310 of thrombocytopenic
purpura, and 2900 controls available for analysis. The data will be
used to quantify known associations between the three dyscrasias
and drug use, to indentify and quantify previously unsuspected
associations, and to document absence of associations for
commonly used drugs. The overall incidence of aplastic anemia
will be estimated directly; the incidence of agranulocytosis and
thrombocytopenic purpura will be estimated in a separate survey
of hospital records conducted as part of the study. Incidence
rates of the dycrasias attributable to specific drugs and classes of
drugs will also be estimated.
Blood dyscrasias, although rare, are important and serious side
effects of numerous drugs. Quantitative information on risk is
generally lacking. Based on interim analyses, the additional data
yielded by the extension will greatly increase the power of the
study to provide such information. The last six months of the
grant will be devoted to final analyses of all the data.
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