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1. Iron chelation

  • Purchase of Ambulatory infusion pump for intensified iron chelation
  • Oral Chelation Project by University of Hong Kong
  • Oral Chelator Project
  • Comparison of Subcutaneous Infusion Sets for Thalassaemia Patients
  • Follow-on project on the use of L1, the oral chelator
  • Effect of Different Clinically Used Chelators (DFO & L1) on the Growth of Bacteria Commonly Found in Local Thalassaemia Major Patients
  • The Use of Deferasirox (Exjade) by Protocol-driven Iron Chelation which Targets at Near-Normal Body Iron Status in terms of Serum Ferritin and MRI T2* Measurements
  • Use of low dose deferasirox in transfusion-dependent thalassaemia patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Iron chelation therapy in non-transfusioin dependent thalassaemia patients