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Thalidomide, a potent tumor necrosis factor \u03b1 inhibitor, was well tolerated and possibly showed some clinical benefit in children with tuberculous meningitis during a pilot study. The purpose of the present study was to assess the effect of adjunctive thalidomide in addition to standard antituberculosis and corticosteroid therapy on the outcome of tuberculous meningitis. Thalidomide (24 mg\/kg\/day orally) or placebo was administered in a double-blind randomized fashion for 1 month to patients with stage 2 or 3 tuberculous meningitis. The study was terminated early because all adverse events and deaths occurred in one arm of the study (thalidomide group). Thirty of the 47 children enrolled received adjunctive thalidomide, of whom 6 (20%) developed a skin rash, 8 (26%) hepatitis, and 2 (6%) neutropenia or thrombocytopenia. Four deaths (13%) occurred in patients with very severe neurologic compromise at baseline; two deaths were associated with a rash. 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