Romiplostim or Standard of Care in Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia.
Romiplostim or Standard of Care in Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia.
复制标题
DOI:
10.1056/nejmoa1002625
复制
发表时间:
2010-11-11
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Berger, Dietmar P.
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Kuter, David J.;Rummel, Mathias;Berger, Dietmar P.
Background: Romiplostim, a thrombopoietin mimetic, increases platelet counts in patients with immune thrombocytopenia, with few adverse effects.Methods: In this open-label, 52-week study, we randomly assigned 234 adult patients with immune thrombocytopenia, who had not undergone splenectomy, to receive the standard of care (77 patients) or weekly subcutaneous injections of romiplostim (157 patients). Primary end points were incidences of treatment failure and splenectomy. Secondary end points included the rate of a platelet response (a platelet count >50 x 10(sup 9) per liter at any scheduled visit), safety outcomes, and the quality of life.Results: The rate of a platelet response in the romiplostim group was 2.3 times that in the standard-of-care group (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.0 to 2.6; P