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Safety and Efficacy of Eltrombopag at Escalated Doses up to 150mg in Patients With Persistent and Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Not Responsive to 75 mg
In Brief
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Eltrombopag and Placebo for Immune Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorder. Completed, enrolled 35 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Study rationale is based on the data that in previous clinical studies of eltrombopag in ITP there are some patients who have been reported as non responders at the maximal approved dose of 75 mg daily. The trend in both normal volunteers and in patients with ITP suggest and increasing response rate with increased doses of eltrombopag up to a dose of 75mg. Previously published data has shown no overt increase in toxicity in normal volunteers, oncology patients and aplastic anemia patients treated with escalated doses as high or higher than those proposed in this study. It therefore seems possible that in ITP patients who did not respond to a dose of 75mg daily, eltrombopag could be more effective at a higher dose. We propose a double blind randomized controlled trial in ITP patients who have been defined as non-responders at the maximum dose (75mg) of eltrombopag, assessing efficacy and toxicity at higher daily doses (100mg, 125 mg, 150 mg)
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Eltrombopag will be administered for 8 weeks or until the platelet count exceeds 150,000; at this point dosing will stop, subject will be considered a responder and the subject will eligible for entering Part 2 (the long term treatment part of the study. The dose at which the subject achieved the primary endpoint (\> 50,000 and increase by \> 20,000) will be considered the dose of response. Dose escalation will continue, despite satisfaction of the primary endpoint of study (\> 50,000 and \> 20,000 above baseline), unless the platelet count reaches the lower limit of normal range 150,000. Subjects will stop study medication if the platelet count is within the normal range, thereby minimizing any safety risk associated with elevated platelet count.