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Last refreshed on: 21 June 2021
Main ID:  NCT03998982
Date of registration: 25/06/2019
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Shandong University
Public title: Glycyrrhetinic Acid Combined With Dexamethasone in Management of Newly Diagnosed ITP
Scientific title: A Single-center Prospective Randomized Study of Glycyrrhetinic Acid Combined With Dexamethasone in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
Date of first enrolment: June 25, 2019
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03998982
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     Ming Hou
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: houming@medmail.com.cn
Affiliation: 
Name:     Ming Hou, MD,PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Shandong University, Qilu Hospital
Name:     Ming Hou, MD,PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +86-531-82169114 Ext. 9879
Email: houming@medmail.com.cn
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Meet the diagnostic criteria for immune thrombocytopenia;

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

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

- Willing and able to sign written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

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

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

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

- Current HIV infection;

- Severe medical condition (lung, hepatic or renal disorder) other than chronic ITP.
Unstable or uncontrolled disease or condition related to or impacting cardiac

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

- 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;

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



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Immune Thrombocytopenia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Dexamethasone
Drug: Glycyrrhetinic Acid
Primary Outcome(s)
Sustained response to ITP treatments [Time Frame: 3 months after treatment started]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Evaluation of platelet response [Time Frame: 3 months after treatment started]
Secondary ID(s)
Glycyrrhetinic Acid+DXM in ITP
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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