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.
Davidof Cancer Center, Beilinson hospital, Rabin medical center, Petach Tikva, Israel
Hadassah hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
GSK Investigational Site, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Duke Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
4 Locations, Uppsala, Stockholm, Göteborg, Umeå, Sweden
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