Study of a New Medication for Childhood Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP), a Blood Disorder of Low Platelet Counts That Can Lead to Bruising Easily, Bleeding Gums, and/or Bleeding Inside the Body.

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of eltrombopag in children with previously treated chronic immune thrombocytopenia who are between 1 and 17 years of age. This is a 2 part study. In part 1, patients will be randomized to receive either eltrombopag or placebo for 13 weeks. All patients who complete part 1 will enter part 2. In part 2, all patients will receive 24 weeks of eltrombopag.

Timeline

Start

2012-03

Primary completion

2014-01

Completion

2014-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper 25 (40%) patients who received eltrombopag compared with one (3%) patient who received placebo achieved the primary outcome PMID 26231455 ↗

paper p=0·0004 PMID 26231455 ↗

Publications

• Wire MB, Li X, Zhang J, Sallas W, Aslanis V, Ouatas T. Modeling and Simulation Support Eltrombopag Dosing in Pediatric Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenia. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Dec;104(6):1199-1207. doi: 10.1002/cpt.1066. Epub 2018 Apr 17.
• Grainger JD, Locatelli F, Chotsampancharoen T, Donyush E, Pongtanakul B, Komvilaisak P, Sosothikul D, Drelichman G, Sirachainan N, Holzhauer S, Lebedev V, Lemons R, Pospisilova D, Ramenghi U, Bussel JB, Bakshi KK, Iyengar M, Chan GW, Chagin KD, Theodore D, Marcello LM, Bailey CK. Eltrombopag for children with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (PETIT2): a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2015 Oct 24;386(10004):1649-58. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61107-2. Epub 2015 Jul 28.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Eltrombopag	Small molecule	0.8 mg/kg	Oral
Subject	Eltrombopag	Small molecule	1.2 mg/kg	Oral
Subject	Eltrombopag	Small molecule	25 mg	Oral
Subject	Eltrombopag	Small molecule	50 mg	Oral

Indications