ITP Awareness Month focuses attention on rare bleeding disorder
Patients, caregivers, medical professionals, and other advocates are coming together in September for Immune Thrombocytopenia Awareness Month to raise awareness and support for a…
Immune thrombocytopenia
1st BTK inhibitor rilzabrutinib, now Wayrilz, approved in US for ITP
Note: This story was updated Sept. 2, 2025, to clarify the definition of a durable platelet response used in LUNA 3. The U.S. Food and…
Daratumumab injection therapy for cancer may help in hard-to-treat ITP
Daratumumab, an injection therapy approved to treat myeloma, may help to control immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in individuals whose disease doesn’t respond well to available…
Taking prednisone for ITP can be both a godsend and a curse
Note: This column describes the author’s own experiences with prednisone. Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor before starting…
Ianalumab lengthens time patients can maintain safe platelet levels
A Phase 3 clinical trial testing ianalumab (VAY736) in combination with Promacta (eltrombopag) in people with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has met its main…
AI predicts how kids with ITP will respond to rituximab infusion
Artificial intelligence (AI) can accurately predict a response to the second-line therapy rituximab in children and adolescents with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), according to a…
Old pennies, raw liver, and the taste of blood being transfused
The tastes of metal and a bloody organ swirled together in the back of my throat, similar to the smell of old pennies and raw…
Boosting platelet counts in ITP is aim of efgartigimod study
A Phase 3 trial testing efgartigimod administered into a vein in adults with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is still enrolling participants and its top-line…
Doptelet, Doptelet Sprinkle for pediatric ITP win FDA approval
Sobi’s Doptelet (avatrombopag), which is available as a tablet and an oral granule called Doptelet Sprinkle, is now approved in the U.S. for children…
Gut bacteria types may influence ITP progression in children: Study
Children and adolescents newly diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) show clear differences in gut microbiota — the community of bacteria and other microbes living…
