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Eltrombopag: a review of its use in patients with severe aplastic anaemia.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of Eltrombopag with Immunosuppressive Therapy Versus Immunosuppressive Therapy Alone on Severe Aplastic Anaemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical drug investigation · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of immunosuppressive therapy versus cyclosporine combined with avatrombopag in older adults with severe aplastic anemia: a multicenter prospective study.Blood cancer journal · 2025Trial
- Orphan Drug Use in Patients With Rare Diseases: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Promoting platelets is a therapeutic option to combat severe viral infection of the lung.Blood advances · 2020Article
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- [Eltrombopag for refractory thrombocytopenia in patients with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation].Zhonghua xue ye xue za zhi = Zhonghua xueyexue zazhi · 2016Article
- Revealing eltrombopag's promotion of human megakaryopoiesis through AKT/ERK-dependent pathway activation.Haematologica · 2016Article
- Review
- Lusutrombopag: First Global Approval.Drugs · 2016Article
- Innovation in the field of thrombocytopenias: achievements since the beginning of the century and promises for the future.Haematologica · 2016Article
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Abstract
Eltrombopag (Promacta®) is an orally active thrombopoietin receptor agonist recently approved in the US for the treatment of patients with severe aplastic anaemia who have had an insufficient response to immunosuppressive therapy. This article reviews the efficacy and tolerability of eltrombopag in this indication and overviews its pharmacological properties. Eltrombopag does not compete with thrombopoietin and binds to a different site on the receptor, producing additive effects. It stimulates haematopoietic stem cells and promotes haematopoietic recovery in patients with aplastic bone marrow. Eltrombopag increased platelet counts and can also increase red blood cell and neutrophil counts. In patients with severe aplastic anaemia refractory to prior immunosuppressive therapy, oral eltrombopag at dosages ≤150 mg once daily for 12-16 weeks produced a haematological response in at least one cell lineage in 40 % of patients. Trilineage responses were achieved in nearly one-half of the responders during extended treatment. In robust responders, stable haematological counts were maintained after eltrombopag discontinuation. Eltrombopag was generally well tolerated, with increased liver transaminases as the only dose-limiting toxicity. Clonal cytogenetic abnormalities were observed in 19 % of patients and dysplasia in 5 % of patients.
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