A Multi-Center Study on the Efficacy of Eltrombopag in Management of Refractory Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Real-Life Experience

• Published in: Turkish journal of haematology Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 230 - 237
• Main Authors: Çekdemir, Demet, Güvenç, Serkan, Özdemirkıran, Füsun, Eser, Ali, Toptaş, Tayfur, Özkocaman, Vildan, Haydaroğlu Şahin, Handan, Ermiş Turak, Esra, Esen, Ramazan, Cömert, Melda, Sadri, Sevil, Aslaner, Müzeyyen, Uncu Ulu, Bahar, Karakuş, Abdullah, Selim Bapur, Derya, Alacacıoğlu, İnci, Aydın, Demet, Tekinalp, Atakan, Namdaroğlu, Sinem, Ceran, Funda, Tarkun, Pınar, Kiper, Demet, Çetiner, Mustafa, Yenerel, Mustafa, Demir, Ahmet Muzaffer, Yılmaz, Güven, Terzi, Hatice, Atilla, Erden, Malkan, Ümit Yavuz, Acar, Kadir, Öztürk, Erman, Tombak, Anıl, Sunu, Cenk, Salim, Ozan, Alayvaz, Nevin, Sayan, Özkan, Ozan, Ülkü, Ayer, Mesut, Gökgöz, Zafer, Andıç, Neslihan, Kızılkılıç, Ebru, Noyan, Figen, Özen, Mehmet, Pepedil Tanrıkulu, Funda, Alanoğlu, Güçhan, Özkan, Hasan Atilla, Aslan, Vahap, Çetin, Güven, Akyol Erikçi, Alev, Deveci, Burak, Ersoy Dursun, Fadime, Dermenci, Hasan, Aytan, Pelin, Gündüz, Mehmet, Karakuş, Volkan, Özlü, Can, Demircioğlu, Sinan, Akay Yanar, Olga Meltem, Özatlı, Düzgün, Ündar, Levent, Tiftik, Eyüp Naci, Türköz Sucak, Ayhan Gülsan, Haznedaroğlu, İbrahim, Özcan, Muhit, Şencan, Mehmet, Tombuloğlu, Murat, Özet, Gülsüm, Bilgir, Oktay, Turgut, Burhan, Özcan, Mehmet Ali, Payzın, Kadriye Bahriye, Sönmez, Mehmet, Ayyıldız, Orhan, Dal, Mehmet Sinan, Ertop, Şehmus, Turgut, Mehmet, Soysal, Teoman, Kaya, Emin, Ünal, Ali, Pehlivan, Mustafa, Atagündüz, Işık, Tuğlular Fıratlı, Tülin, Saydam, Güray, Diz Küçükkaya, Reyhan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkey Türk Hematoloji Derneği 01.01.2019; Galenos Publishing House
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Benzoates - pharmacology; Benzoates - therapeutic use; Child; Child, Preschool; Chronic Disease; eltrombopag; Female; Humans; Hydrazines - pharmacology; Hydrazines - therapeutic use; immune thrombocytopenic; Male; Middle Aged; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic - drug therapy; Pyrazoles - pharmacology; Pyrazoles - therapeutic use; thrombocytopenia; Tıp; Young Adult; İstanbul; Türkiye; Thrombocytopenia; Immune thrombocytopenic; Eltrombopag; İdiyopatik trombositopenik purpura; Trombositopeni

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of eltrombopag, an oral thrombopoietin receptor agonist, in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). A total of 285 chronic ITP patients (187 women, 65.6%; 98 men, 34.4%) followed in 55 centers were enrolled in this ret...