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Last refreshed on: 2 May 2016
Main ID:  NCT02642380
Date of registration: 24/12/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Shandong University
Public title: Different Cycles of High-dose Dexamethasone for Initial Management of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
Scientific title: Different Cycles of High-dose Dexamethasone for Initial Management of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP): a Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: November 2015
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02642380
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     Ming Hou, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Shandong University, Qilu Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Meet the diagnostic criteria for immune thrombocytopenia.

2. Untreated hospitalized patients, may be male or female, between the ages of 18 ~ 80
years.

3. To show a platelet count <30 * 10^9/L, and with bleeding manifestations.

4. Willing and able to sign written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Received chemotherapy or anticoagulants or other drugs affecting the platelet counts
within 3 months before the screening visit.

2. Received second-line ITP-specific treatments (eg, cyclophosphamide, 6-mercaptopurine,
vincristine, vinblastine, etc) within 3 months before the screening visit.

3. Received high-dose steroids or IVIG in the 3 weeks prior to the start of the study.

4. Current HIV infection or hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infections.

5. Severe medical condition (lung, hepatic or renal disorder) other than chronic ITP.
Unstable or uncontrolled disease or condition related to or impacting cardiac
function (e.g., unstable angina, congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension
or cardiac arrhythmia)

6. Female patients who are nursing or pregnant, who may be pregnant, or who contemplate
pregnancy during the study period.

7. Have a known diagnosis of other autoimmune diseases, established in the medical
history and laboratory findings with positive results for the determination of
antinuclear antibodies, anti-cardiolipin antibodies, lupus anticoagulant or direct
Coombs test.

8. Patients who are deemed unsuitable for the study by the investigator.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Immune Thrombocytopenia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Dexamethasone (4 cycles)
Drug: Dexamethasone (1 cycle)
Primary Outcome(s)
sustained response to treatment [Time Frame: 6 months after treatment started]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Evaluation of early response [Time Frame: 2 months after treatment started]
Secondary ID(s)
High-dose dexamethasone
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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