Rare disease process that can carry significant morbidity. It is encouraging to see 40% response in such patient population when no other therapies (this is a first-in class) exist besides supportive care with very favorable toxicity profile.
A single-group, phase 1–2 study indicated that eltrombopag improved the efficacy of standard immunosuppressive therapy that entailed horse antithymocyte globulin (ATG) plus cyclosporine in patients with severe aplastic anemia.
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