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Real-life experience of lusutrombopag for cirrhotic patients with low platelet counts being prepared for invasive procedures

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  • Hitomi Takada
  • Masayuki Kurosaki
  • Hiroyuki Nakanishi
  • Yuka Takahashi
  • Jun Itakura
  • Kaoru Tsuchiya
  • Yutaka Yasui
  • Nobuharu Tamaki
  • Kenta Takaura
  • Yasuyuki Komiyama
  • Mayu Higuchi
  • Youhei Kubota
  • Wann Wang
  • Mao Okada
  • Takao Shimizu
  • Keiya Watakabe
  • Nobuyuki Enomoto
  • Namiki Izumi

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Background and aims: The present study aimed to report our real-life experience of the TPO receptor agonist lusutrombopag for cirrhotic patients with low platelet counts. Methods: We studied platelet counts in 1,760 cirrhotic patients undergoing invasive procedures at our hospital between January 2014 and December 2017. In addition, we studied 25 patients who were administered lusutrombopag before invasive procedures between June 2017 and January 2018. Effectiveness of lusutrombopag to raise platelet counts and to avoid transfusion and treatment-related adverse events were analyzed. Results: In 1,760 cirrhotic patients without lusutrombopag prior to invasive procedures, proportion of patients whose platelet counts 30,000/μL (n = 17) (50,000 ± 20,000 vs 86,000 ± 26,000/μL, p = 0.002). Patients with a baseline platelet count ≤30,000/μL with spleen index (calculated by multiplying the transverse diameter by the vertical diameter measured by ultrasonography) ≥40 cm2 (n = 3) had a lower response rate to lusutrombopag compared to those with spleen index

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  • Hitomi Takada & Masayuki Kurosaki & Hiroyuki Nakanishi & Yuka Takahashi & Jun Itakura & Kaoru Tsuchiya & Yutaka Yasui & Nobuharu Tamaki & Kenta Takaura & Yasuyuki Komiyama & Mayu Higuchi & Youhei Kubo, 2019. "Real-life experience of lusutrombopag for cirrhotic patients with low platelet counts being prepared for invasive procedures," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(2), pages 1-10, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0211122
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211122
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