55
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 2004
Primary Completion Date
November 30, 2007
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2009
Thalidomide
Patients were randomly assigned to receive a four-month course of 25 mg of thalidomide (Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Chang-zhou, China). Medications were taken orally four times daily at 6 a.m., 12 noon, 6 p.m., and 10 p.m.
Iron
Patients were randomly assigned to receive a four-month course of 100 mg of iron (Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Nanjing, China). Medications were taken orally four times daily at 6 a.m., 12 noon, 6 p.m., and 10 p.m.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
OTHER