Eltrombopag is used to treat low blood platelet counts in adults with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenia (ITP), when certain other medicines, or surgery to remove the spleen, have not worked well enough. ITP is a condition that may cause unusual bruising or bleeding due to an abnormally low number of platelets in the blood. Eltrombopag has also bee...
Thrombopoietin receptor agonists are pharmaceutical agents that stimulate platelet production in the bone marrow. In this, they differ from the previously discussed agents that act by attempting to curtail platelet destruction.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Padova, Unità di Medicina Generale e Patologia Speciale, Padova, Italy
Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Unità di Medicina III, Pavia, Italy
Policlinico Monteluce, Sezione di Medicina Interna e Cardiovascolare, Perugia, Italy
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Buffalo, New York, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Valencia, Spain
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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