Active clinical trials for "Thrombocytopenia"

This clinical study aims to investigate the anti-HPA antibodies caused neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in Chinese pregnant women. The survey and data collect will help form an appropriate clinical screening procedure

Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a kind of catastrophic thrombotic complications after the application of heparin. If HIT without treatment, death rate is as high as 30% to 50%. Early diagnosis of HIT and prevention of thrombosis is very important. This study is planned to assess the use of thrombotic biomarkers in patients with HIT, including thrombin-antithrombin complex, d-dimer, fibrin degradation products and Thrombelastograghy monitoring . These biomarkers are monitored in 5-14 days post-operation to assess the risk of thrombosis in HIT patients. All patients were followed up for 30 days, and clinical outcomes, including new thrombus and death, were recorded during follow-up.

It seems reasonable to assume that patients who present significant bleeding symptoms may have different quality of platelets than those without bleeding. This question was addressed in a study that examined platelet function in adult ITP patients, which try to determine whether this correlated with bleeding risk. Previous reports have suggested that measuring platelet function may help define patients at highest risk of bleeding. In addition, Middelburg and colleagues corrected platelet function for quartile of platelet count, using <32×10^9/L as the lowest cohort and >132×10^9/L as the top quartile. They demonstrated that increased platelet reactivity (as measured by flow cytometry) was associated with decreased risk of bleeding but particularly for those patients with the lowest platelet counts. Further studies in a larger cohort are needed to confirm this correlation. Our study aimed at standardizing a prediction model to evaluate the bleeding risk of adult ITP patients with the use of platelet function tests.

Whole blood sample procurement study from pregnant women with signs and symptoms of Preeclampsia.

A single site observational study aiming to: (i) Identify cases of previously undiagnosed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and atypical haemolytic syndrome (aHUS) in a cohort of women with complicated pregnancies (ii) Characterise the clinical features of these cases and (ii) Identify clinical features or biomarkers which may help distinguish TTP/aHUS from other complications of pregnancy such as preeclampsia

Immature platelets-also termed reticulated platelets (RP)-are platelets newly released into the circulation, and have been associated with a variety of pathological bleeding events including primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). They can be assessed by flow cytometry (FCM) after staining with thiazole orange (TO) at low concentration and expressed as a fraction of the total platelet count (RP%). The diagnosis of primary ITP is based on differential diagnosis and the measurement of RP% can serve as an alternative diagnostic test that are useful in daily practice. Our study aimed at distinguishing primary ITP from other thrombocytopenic disorders, especially aplstic (hypoplastic) or chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia by FCM. The sensitivity and specificity of the assay as well as agreement between RP% measurement and monoclonal antibody-specific immobilization of platelet antigen (MAIPA) were analyzed accordingly.

10% of the cases referred to the specialist diagnostic haemato-pathology service at RMH are for cytopenias. The hypothesis to be tested is that a proportion of patients with idiopathic cytopenias have mutations in myelodysplasic syndrome (MDS)-associated genes. The investigators will sequence a panel of known MDS-associated genes in patient material (bone marrow and blood) that is sent routinely to the diagnostic service where conventional techniques have failed to establish a clear diagnosis. 200 patients with idiopathic cytopenia will be followed up to determine their survival, blood counts and development of acute leukaemia and other haematological malignancies. The clinical outcomes will be correlated with any mutations detected.

Primary ITP has wide heterogenous biology, presentation and response to therapy. The immune-genetic assessment of ITP may help to identify differences among patients with ITP and optimize the therapeutic choice.

The pregnancy may activate flares of certain autoimmune diseases such as lupus. The influence of pregnancy on the evolution of ITP was never studied while this pathology affects firstly women old enough to procreate. Also, the influence of ITP on pregnancy (risk of obstetric complications) and on newborns (risk of neonatal thrombocytopenia) is rather unknown and never studied in a prospective study. The realization of a prospective study to answer these questions is necessary to allow us to inform better the patients affected by ITP and to define better in this context the strategy of supervision of the mother, the foetus and the newborn. The highlighting of risk factors of ITP flare or obstetric or neonatal complications will indeed allow the implementation of prevention measures. The conclusions of this study will allow us to adapt national guidelines for ITP during pregnancy.

The purpose of this study is to determine the HIT-antibody generation without prior heparin-exposure in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery.