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SUBMITTER: Zhou H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4351949 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Hai H Xu Miao M Qin Ping P Zhang Hai-yan HY Yuan Cheng-lu CL Zhao Hong-guo HG Cui Zhong-guang ZG Meng Yue-sheng YS Wang Lei L Zhou Fang F Wang Xin X Li Da-qi DQ Bi Ke-hong KH Zhu Chuan-sheng CS Guo Cheng-shan CS Chu Xiao-xia XX Wu Qing-chao QC Liu Xin-guang XG Dong Xiao-yuan XY Li Jie J Peng Jun J Hou Ming M
Blood 20150109 10
This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of rituximab (RTX) plus recombinant human thrombopoietin (rhTPO) with RTX alone in patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who had failed to respond to corticosteroids or relapsed. Recruited patients were randomized at a ratio of 2:1 into 2 groups: the combination group (RTX + rhTPO, n = 77) and the monotherapy group (RTX, n = 38). Overall response was achieved in 79.2% of patients in the combination group vs 71.1% in the monotherapy group ...[more]