Perioperative oral eltrombopag versus intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: a non-inferiority, multicentre, randomised trial

In this Canadian RCT (n=74) eltrombopag was non-inferior to IV immunoglobulin; with perioperative platelet targets achieved in 79% on eltrombopag and 61% on IV immunoglobulin (absolute risk difference 17.8%, p for non-inferiority=0.005). Eltrombopag was linked to 1 case of PE.

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The Lancet Haematology