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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2016

Eltrombopag for the treatment of aplastic anemia: current perspectives.

Su Han Lum, John D Grainger

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. [Advances on thrombopoietin receptor agonist in severe aplastic anemia].Zhonghua xue ye xue za zhi = Zhonghua xueyexue zazhi · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Su Han LumDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
John D GraingerDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aplastic anemia (AA) is a potential life-threatening hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) disorder resulting in cytopenia. The mainstays of treatment for AA are definitive therapy to restore HSCs and supportive measures to ameliorate cytopenia-related complications. The standard definitive therapy is HSC transplantation for young and medically fit patients with suitable donors and immunosuppressive therapy (IST) with antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine for the remaining patients. A significant proportion of patients are refractory to IST or relapse after IST. Various strategies have been explored in these patients, including second course of antithymocyte globulin, high-dose cyclophosphamide, and alemtuzumab. Eltrombopag, a thrombopoietin mimetic, has recently emerged as an encouraging and promising agent for patients with refractory AA. It has demonstrated efficacy in restoring trilineage hematopoiesis, and this positive effect continues after discontinuation of the drug. There are ongoing clinical trials exploring the role of eltrombopag as a first-line therapy in moderate to severe AA and a combination of eltrombopag with IST in severe AA.

Indexed as

AlemtuzumabAnemia, AplasticAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntilymphocyte SerumBenzoatesCyclophosphamideCyclosporineHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansHydrazinesImmunosuppressive AgentsPyrazolesAlemtuzumabAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntilymphocyte SerumBenzoatesCyclophosphamideCyclosporineeltrombopagHydrazinesImmunosuppressive AgentsPyrazolesaplastic anemiac-Mpl receptorseltrombopagthrombopoietin

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PMID27695288
PMCPMC5028092

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