Prolonged Isolated Thrombocytopenia After Allo-SCT : N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) Versus Supportive...
ThrombocytopeniaStem Cell Transplant ComplicationsIsolated prolonged thrombocytopenia (PT) is a common complication after allogeneic stem cell transplantation with significant poor prognosis. No standard treatment is available. The current study assigned PT randomly to 2 arms: intervention arm with N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) and control arm with supportive therapy.This is a prospective randomized controlled study.
Study of Quadruple Therapy With Eltrombopag for Chronic Hepatitis C
ThrombocytopeniaHepatitis CThis study will provide chronic hepatitis C patients with low platelets (less than 75x10^9/L) the opportunity to undergo treatment and possible cure of their virus. The main hepatitis C drugs will be administered as standard of care, with the addition of the study drug eltrombopag. The investigators hypothesize that providing eltrombopag to chronic hepatitis C patients with low platelets (less than 75x10^9/L) will permit the initiation and completion of antiviral triple therapy with boceprevir, ribavirin, and pegylated-interferon.
Biologic Characterization of Patients With ITP
Immune ThrombocytopeniaThis is a no-profit, multicenter, biological, non-pharmacologic study aimed to characterize from a biological point of view previously untreated primary ITP patients. To this end, peripheral blood, fecal and bone marrow samples will be collected at baseline and at 30 days and 180 days after treatment initiation - for each line of therapy - and the results of the biological analysis performed at each time point will then be compared.
Caffeic Acid Combining High-dose Dexamethasone in Management of ITP
Immune ThrombocytopeniaThe project was undertaking by Qilu Hospital of Shandong University in China. In order to report the efficacy and safety of caffeic acid tablets combining with high-dose dexamethasone for the treatment of adults with newly-diagnosed primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).
Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia Testing the Standard Steroid Treatment Against Combined...
Immune ThrombocytopeniaThis is a study of two treatment pathways [Standard steroid treatment versus combined steroid and Mycophenolate (MMF)] for subjects with newly diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP). ITP is an illness that causes bruising and bleeding due to a low platelet count (blood cells essential for normal clotting). Patients are first given high dose steroids but most suffer side effects (e.g. difficulty sleeping, weight gain, moods swings, high blood pressure and diabetes). In addition, the majority of patients become ill again when the steroids are stopped - only about 20% stay well long term. ITP is relatively rare, non-cancerous in nature and the rare impact on survival of ITP have prevented it from being a priority for research funding, with first line treatment being unsatisfactory and unchallenged for decades. This underestimates the profound adverse impact an ITP diagnosis and its treatment has on individual patients, many of whom are young. MMF is often used as the next stage treatment for ITP and it works well. However, it can take up to 2 months to work during which patients continue to be at risk of bleeding, bruising, fatigue and usually need more steroids which they find intolerable. They are required to come to hospital for weekly blood tests and for many this impacts on work. We want to find out whether it would benefit more patients if everyone takes MMF at diagnosis instead of current practice (waiting for the illness to come back). We plan to test this by comparing the current way we treat patients to a new way with patients given MMF right at the start of their treatment. 120 patients from 20 different hospitals will be asked to take part and half will be randomly chosen for the new pathway.
A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of ARGX-113 in Patients With ITP...
Primary Immune ThrombocytopeniaThe purpose of the study is to determine safety, efficacy, tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of ARGX-113 in Patients with Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia.
Caffeic Acid Tablets as a Second-line Therapy for ITP
Immune ThrombocytopeniaThe investigators are undertaking a multicentre, randomised controlled trial of 120 adults with newly diagnosed ITP from 5 medical centers in China. Part of the participants are randomly selected to receive caffeic acid tablets combining dexamethasone and the other part are selected to receive high-dose dexamethasone treatment. Platelet count, bleeding and other symptoms were evaluated before and after treatment. Adverse events are also recorded throughout the study.
Complement Inhibition Using Eculizumab to Overcome Platelet Transfusion Refractoriness in Patients...
ThrombocytopeniaAlloimmune Platelet RefractorinessBackground: - Platelets are tiny cells in the blood that help stop bleeding. Thrombocytopenia happens when people do not have enough normal platelets. Getting a transfusion of another person s platelets can help stop too much bleeding. But because these cells are from other people, the body may reject them,putting them at risk for serious bleeding complications. This conditions is called alloimmune platelet refractoriness . There are evidence that in many patients, platelet counts fail to increase after a platelet transfusion because the transfused platelets are destroyed by the body s defence soldier, called complement . Researchers want to see if a drug, that inhibits complement, can help increase platelet levels and reduce bleeding Objectives: - To see if eculizumab increases platelet levels more after a transfusion. To see if it reduces the chance of bleeding too much. Eligibility: - Adults 18-75 years old who have thrombocytopenia and alloimmune platelet refractoriness. Design: Participants will be screened with medical history, physical exam, and blood tests. Participants will have the procedures listed below. They can have them while they are in the hospital. Or they can go to the outpatient clinic for them. Each visit may take up to 3 hours. Participants will get a meningitis vaccine if needed. Then they will get the study drug as an infusion. Participants will have a platelet transfusion. Their blood will be drawn every 24 hours until the platelet count is less than 10,000 per 1 microliter of blood. They will take antibiotics for 14 days. Participants will have a checkup and blood drawn twice a week for 2 weeks. They will get more transfusions if needed.
Efficacy and Safety of rhTPO for the Treatment of Thrombocytopenia After Chemotherapy in AML Patients...
ThrombocytopeniaIn this single-center, randomized, open-label, crossover, prospective clinical trial, a total of 120 AML patients who achieved remission will be randomized into two groups, of 60 cases in each group. Each subject is required to undergo two cycles of chemotherapy. At the treatment cycle, patients received subcutaneous injection of rhTPO. At the control cycle, rhTPO therapy is not given.The safety of rhTPO is evaluated by the monitoring of liver and renal functions, blood coagulation, and TPO-neutralizing antibody, and adverse events associated with rhTPO treatment are recorded during the study period.
A Pediatric Trial Using Tranexamic Acid in Thrombocytopenia
Pediatric CancerThrombocytopenia2 moreThis study evaluates the use of tranexamic acid (TXA) in addition to standard therapy in children receiving chemotherapy or blood and/or marrow transplantation to decrease the risk of bleeding. Half of participants will receive tranexamic acid and half of participants will receive placebo.