How I treat immune thrombocytopenia: the choice between splenectomy or a medical therapy as a second-line treatment

W Ghanima, B Godeau, DB Cines… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
The paradigm for managing primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in adults has changed
with the advent of rituximab and thrombopoietin receptor agonists (TPO-RAs) as options for …

How I treat primary ITP in adult patients who are unresponsive to or dependent on corticosteroid treatment

W Ghanima, T Gernsheimer… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Approximately 80% of adult patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) have treatment
failure with corticosteroids or become dependent on them and require second-line therapy …

Splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia: down but not out

S Chaturvedi, DM Arnold… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Splenectomy is an effective therapy for steroid-refractory or dependent immune
thrombocytopenia (ITP). With the advent of medical alternatives such as rituximab and …

Splenectomy for primary immune thrombocytopenia revisited in the era of thrombopoietin receptor agonists: new insights for an old treatment

A Mageau, L Terriou, M Ebbo… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although splenectomy is still considered the most effective curative treatment for immune
thrombocytopenia (ITP), its use has significantly declined in the last decade, especially since …

State of the art–how I manage immune thrombocytopenia

N Cooper - British journal of haematology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The management of patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is rapidly evolving. Over
the last 15 years, a number of novel treatments have improved practice, with many steroid …

Immune thrombocytopenia: pathophysiologic and clinical update

R Stasi - Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by both reduced
platelet survival and suppression of megakaryocyte and platelet development. It can either …

Rituximab as second-line treatment for adult immune thrombocytopenia (the RITP trial): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

W Ghanima, A Khelif, A Waage, M Michel… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Immune thrombocytopenia is characterised by immune-mediated destruction
and suboptimum production of platelets. Despite the absence of supporting evidence …

Immune thrombocytopenia

J Bussel, N Cooper, R Boccia, F Zaja… - Expert Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder
characterized by a low platelet count (< 100× 109/L) with an increased risk of bleeding …

[HTML][HTML] Immune thrombocytopenia: no longer 'idiopathic'

K McCRAE - Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a common hematologic disorder. Its pathogenesis
involves both accelerated platelet destruction and impaired platelet production. First-line …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporary management of primary immune thrombocytopenia in adults

S Lakshmanan, A Cuker - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2012 - Elsevier
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) comprises a syndrome of diverse disorders that have in
common immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia, but that differ with respect to pathogenesis …