Active clinical trials for "Purpura, Thrombocytopenic"

This is a Phase II/III multicenter study comprising of the double-blind, followed by open-label phases to evaluate and compare the efficacy and tolerability of eltrombopag (SB-497115-GR) in chronic ITP patients

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of AMG 531 compared with placebo in thrombocytopenic Japanese subjects with immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) .

Treatment for patients with autoimmune destruction of blood cells is poor. The part of the body that fights infections is called the immune system and white blood cells (WBCs) are part of the immune system. Normally, a person's body creates WBCs to fight infections and eliminates WBCs which have stopped helping the body function. Patients with autoimmune destruction of blood cells have difficulty eliminating old WBCs. The abnormal WBCs build up and can damage other healthy cells, which can lead to anemia, fatigue, jaundice, internal bleeding, infection, and cancer. Few effective medications exist for treatment for patients with autoimmune cytopenias and those commonly used are fraught with side effects. Nevertheless, as scientific understanding of autoimmune diseases has improved, more directed and less toxic therapies are becoming available. A number of groups have been studying the efficacy of a medication called sirolimus in patients with autoimmune diseases. This medicine has been FDA-approved for over 20 years. Sirolimus is a medicine used in children with other diseases. Sirolimus works, in part, by eliminating old and abnormal WBCs. Our group and others have shown that sirolimus is effective in mice with autoimmunity and in children with a rare condition called Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS). We believe sirolimus will help children with autoimmune cytopenias. We believe it will improve their symptoms and make them less sick. We propose to study sirolimus in children with chronic and/or refractory autoimmune cytopenias.

To determine the long term effects of pulse high dose dexamethasone and conventional dose prednisolone in treatment of adult patients with ITP.

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy, safety and tolerability, of AKR-501 (avatrombopag) tablets, as compared to placebo, in the treatment of participants with chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP).

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of long term dosing of AMG 531 in thrombocytopenic Japanese subjects with ITP. It is anticipated that AMG 531 will be a safe and well tolerated in long term treatment and that AMG 531 will effectively raise and maintain platelet counts to a desired therapeutic range, when individual dose adjustments based on platelet counts are permitted. This study is available to subjects who have completed any previous AMG 531 ITP study in Japan and meet the eligibility criteria of this study.

To determine if GAMMAPLEX raises the platelet count of subjects with chronic ITP to a threshold of 50 x 109/L, similar to that of published response >60%. Also to assess the safety of GAMMAPLEX and determine if platelet counts are maintained at 50 x 109/L in subjects with chronic ITP for.

RATIONALE: Rituximab and prednisone may increase the number of platelets in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects and how well giving rituximab together with prednisone works as first-line therapy in treating patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

This was a phase II multi-center, randomized, open-label study with two parallel study groups to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PG2 in ITP patients.

This study is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel group, repeat-dose, study conducted in two parts (Part A and Part B) examining 30, 50, and 75 mg doses of SB-497115-GR as a treatment for patients with ITP who have failed prior therapy. The study is designed to determine the proportion of patients with a platelet count =50,000/µL after 42 days. In Part B, 99 newly-recruited subjects will be randomized to one of two dosing arms in a 2:1 ratio of active:placebo. During the 6 week study period, subjects will start on placebo or active drug (50 mg) and may have a dose increase to 75 mg based upon their platelet count at day 22.