Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40040262›Full record

ReviewBritish journal of haematology2025

Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia: modern diagnosis and treatment.

Andrew B Song, Hanny Al-Samkari

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in British journal of haematology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia: from "platelet counting" to ecological repair of the bone marrow.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
    Review
  4. Avatrombopag Versus Placebo for Persistent Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia in GI Cancers: The Phase II ACT-GI Trial.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2026
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Andrew B SongHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-8733
Hanny Al-SamkariHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6175-1383

Funding

Antiangiogenic Therapy to Reduce Bleeding and Improve Health-Related Quality of Life in Hereditary Hemorrhagic TelangiectasiaK23HL159313 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Hanny T Al-Samkari · 2022 to 2026
$999k
NHLBI NIH HHS 1K23HL159313NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL159313
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia (CIT) is a common clinical problem in patients with solid tumour malignancies. Unlike nadir CIT which often resolves by the start of the following chemotherapy cycle, persistent CIT results in unacceptably low platelet counts at the beginning of a cycle lasting throughout multiple chemotherapy cycles, resulting in bleeding as well as chemotherapy treatment delays, dose reductions and discontinuation. Persistent CIT can be managed with thrombopoietin receptor agonist support in the context of a clinical trial or off-label use of romiplostim if a trial is not available.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsThrombocytopeniaHumansNeoplasmsPlatelet CountReceptors, FcReceptors, ThrombopoietinRecombinant Fusion ProteinsThrombopoietinAntineoplastic AgentsReceptors, FcReceptors, ThrombopoietinRecombinant Fusion ProteinsromiplostimThrombopoietinavatrombopagchemotherapychemotherapy‐induced thrombocytopeniaCITromiplostimthrombocytopeniathrombopoietinthrombopoietin receptor agonistTPO‐RA

Identifiers

PMID40040262
PMCPMC12140172

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.