Eltrombopag and High-dose Dexamethasone as First Line Treatment for IT

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the response rate and response duration with the combination of eltrombopag and high-dose dexamethasone

Timeline

Start

2012-06

Primary completion

2013-06

Completion

2013-11

Publications

• Background Bussel JB, Provan D, Shamsi T, Cheng G, Psaila B, Kovaleva L, Salama A, Jenkins JM, Roychowdhury D, Mayer B, Stone N, Arning M. Effect of eltrombopag on platelet counts and bleeding during treatment of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2009 Feb 21;373(9664):641-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60402-5.
• Background Jenkins JM, Williams D, Deng Y, Uhl J, Kitchen V, Collins D, Erickson-Miller CL. Phase 1 clinical study of eltrombopag, an oral, nonpeptide thrombopoietin receptor agonist. Blood. 2007 Jun 1;109(11):4739-41. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-11-057968. Epub 2007 Feb 27.
• Gomez-Almaguer D, Herrera-Rojas MA, Jaime-Perez JC, Gomez-De Leon A, Cantu-Rodriguez OG, Gutierrez-Aguirre CH, Tarin-Arzaga L, Hernandez-Reyes J, Ruiz-Arguelles GJ. Eltrombopag and high-dose dexamethasone as frontline treatment of newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia in adults. Blood. 2014 Jun 19;123(25):3906-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-01-549360. Epub 2014 May 6.

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