Thrombocytopenia and Bleeding in Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) Patients (WAS)
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, Thrombocytopenia, Bleeding
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
In order to be eligible for study entry, subjects must comply with the following:
- Males from 3 months old to 80 years old
- Signed written informed consent obtained prior to study entry
- Clinical diagnosis of WAS or XLT
- Platelet levels less than 100 x 109/L
- Adequate renal and hepatic function (creatinine and bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 x IULN, AST and ALT less than or equal to 2.5 x IULN)
Exclusion Criteria:
Any patient is ineligible for study entry if he/she:
- Over the age of 80
- Women (only males are eligible)
- fertile men who are not practicing or who are unwilling to practice birth control while enrolled in the study or until at least 6 months after treatment
- Aspirin, aspirin-containing compounds, salicylates, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDS), clopidogrel or ticlopidine, warfarin or other vitamin K antagonists, unfractionated or low molecular heparin within 7 days of first infusion
- Red blood cell transfusion in the past four weeks
- Elevated (> 1.5 x ULN) prothrombin time (PT) or partial thromboplastin time (PTT)
- New York Heart Classification III or IV heart disease. Other severe cardiovascular or cardiopulmonary disease, including COPD.
- Known HIV infection, hepatitis B or C infection
- Any infection requiring antibiotic treatment within 3 days
- Other concurrent medical or psychiatric conditions that, in the Investigator's opinion, may be likely to confound study interpretation or prevent completion of study procedures and follow-up examinations.
- Prior malignancy with less than a 5-year disease-free interval, excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers and carcinoma in situ of the cervix
Sites / Locations
- Weill Cornell Medical College
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
WAS patients receiving Promacta
WAS patients for blood drawing only
healthy children for blood drawing only
Promacta® is commercially available in 12.5 mg, 25 mg, 50 mg, and 75 mg tablets. For this study, for young children unable to swallow a tablet, eltrombopag powder for oral suspension (Eltrombopag PfOS) will be used. PfOS is only available for investigational use at 20mg. Each sachet contains eltrombopag equivalent to 20mg per gm of powder and is reconstituted to a total of 10 ml so that the concentration is 2 mg/ml.
WAS patients not receiving treatment to serve as subjects for platelet parameter studies blood drawing once only
healthy children having blood obtained once as controls for platelet parameters study