ABSTRACT Objective:To study the clinical efficacy of rituximab combined with conventional therapy on the treatment of autoimmune hemolytic anemia(AIHA), and its influence on patients serological features. Methods:88 cases of AIHA patients were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group (44 cases in each group); And the observation group was divided into the warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia (WAIHA subgroup) and the cold agglutinin disease (CHD subgroup). The control group was treated with folic acid, prednisone and large dose intravenous gamma globulin , while the observation group was given intravenous infusion of rituximab once a week for 4 weeks on basis of the control group treatment. The blood lactate dehydrogenase, bilirubin level changes, clinical efficacy and adverse drug reactions of the two groups and subgroups of observation group were evaluated and compared before and after treatment.Results:The total effective rate and the complete remission rate of observation group were significantly higher than those in control group (P<0.05), while the recurrence rate was significantly lower than that of control group(P<0.05). The total effective rate and the complete remission rate of WAIHA subgroup were significantly higher than those of CHD subgroup(P<0.05). After treatment, the hemoglobin, reticulocytes, LDH and bilirubin of two groups were all significantly improved than before(P<0.05), and those indexes of observation group were much better than that of control group(P<0.05). Before treatment, the hemoglobin, reticulocytes, LDH and bilirubin degree of WAIHA subgroup were significantly lower than those of CHD subgroup (P<0.05). After treatment, those indexes of WAIHA subgroup had more obvious improvement than those of CHD subgroup ( P<0.05). The incidence of adverse drug reactions of the two groups had no significantly differences (P>0.05). Conclusion:Rituximab combined with conventional therapy to treat AIHA had better clinical effect and lower recurrence rate, which has better effects for WAIHA. |