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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02914054
Date of registration: 19/09/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Public title: Therapy of Adults Affected by Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura With Dexamethasone
Scientific title: Therapy of Adults Affected by Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura With 3 Cycles Pulses of High-dose Dexamethasone (HD-DXM)
Date of first enrolment: October 1, 2016
Target sample size: 36
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02914054
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- The eligible patients for this study were aged 18 or older of both genders with newly
diagnosed primary ITP according to the international working group (IWG) guideline(6).
All patients included in the study were treatment naïve ITP within 3 months from
diagnosis and a platelet count of no more the 30×10^9/L, or more than 30×10^9/L with
presence of bleeding symptoms according to the grading score of bleeding

Exclusion Criteria:

- malignancy, pregnancy or lactation, liver and kidney failure, connective tissue
disorders, seropositive detection of HIV, hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus or
any recent viral infection, active infection, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular
disorders, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, psychosis, osteoporosis, any corticosteroid or
immunosuppressive therapy in 3 months before diagnosis and any previous ITP-specific
therapy.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
ITP
Croticosteroid Therapy
Intervention(s)
Drug: High dose Dexamethasone pulses
Drug: Prednisone
Primary Outcome(s)
platelet count [Time Frame: 6-12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
IUMS
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Adibvira
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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