Longer treatment with Wayrilz (rilzabrutinib) helped raise and maintain platelet counts in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), including some who had not achieved…
Immune thrombocytopenia
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Nearly half of adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) had cognitive impairment, particularly difficulties with memory, decision-making, and problem solving, a study found. However, the…
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Even though immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a bleeding disorder, people with the disease can paradoxically experience thrombosis — abnormal clots that block blood flow,…
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The approved injection therapy Nplate (romiplostim) is well tolerated and effective for both adults and children with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), according to…
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September is National ITP Awareness Month in the U.S., a time when advocates work to raise awareness and support research into immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).
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Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) can occur in people with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), another immune disorder — and people who have co-occurring ITP and APS almost…
Treatment with an experimental single-dose cell therapy in hard-to-manage immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) led to long-term disease control in 3 of 4 people with the…
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In a clinical trial involving adults with hard-to-treat immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), adding a 12-week course of a vitamin A-derived compound called all-trans retinoic acid…
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Researchers in Turkey have uncovered changes in immune cells and surface proteins on platelets, which are tiny, colorless cell fragments in the blood that help…
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Platelets in active immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) have unique changes in genetic activity that make them more activated than platelets from healthy people or from…
