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A Clinical Study on Prophylactic RespOnse To hEtrombopag for Secondary Prevention in Anti-Cancer Therapy-induced Thrombocytopeniae

A Phase 2 interventional study of Continuous Hetrombopag for 2 Cycles and Cyclic 14-day Hetrombopag for 2 Cycles in Breast Cancer Patients at High Risk of Chemotherapy-induced Thrombocytopenia (CTIT), sponsored by Fudan University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-15.

Sponsored by Fudan University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
126
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is a prospective clinical study enrolling breast cancer patients at high risk of chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia (CTIT). It aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of hetrombopag in the secondary prophylaxis of CTIT.

Breast cancer patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed disease were enrolled after signing the informed consent form and were randomly assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio to three Arms. Stratification factors for randomization included the number of prior antineoplastic treatment cycles (>2 cycles vs. ≤2 cycles).

Arm 1: No prophylactic use of hetrombopag Arm 2: Hetrombopag at an initial dose of 7.5 mg once daily, administered from Day 1 of the first chemotherapy cycle (C1D1) continuously until the end of the second chemotherapy cycle Arm 3: Hetrombopag at an initial dose of 7.5 mg once daily, administered from Day 1 (C1D1) to Day 14 (C1D14) of the first chemotherapy cycle; the dosage and administration schedule in the second chemotherapy cycle were identical to those in the first cycle; Treatment continued until patients completed the protocol-specified treatment and follow-up, experienced intolerable toxicity, withdrew informed consent, initiated alternative antitumor therapy, died, or met any other treatment discontinuation criteria specified in the protocol, whichever occurred first.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer Patients at High Risk of Chemotherapy-induced Thrombocytopenia (CTIT)

Keywords

  • Breast cancer
  • Secondary prophylaxis
  • Hetrombopag
  • Thrombocytopenia
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,544 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 126 is above the median of 72 across 9,303 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Fudan University is the lead sponsor of 1,270 studies on the registry; 623 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥ 18 years;
  2. Patients with histopathologically confirmed breast cancer;
  3. Receiving or expected to receive chemotherapy-based antitumor therapy with a cycle length of ≥21 days, and anticipated to receive ≥2 cycles of therapy;
  4. ECOG performance status 0-2;
  5. Platelet count meeting **one** of the following criteria:

    1. Nadir platelet count \< 50×10⁹/L in the previous antitumor treatment cycle;
    2. Nadir platelet count ≥ 50×10⁹/L but \< 75×10⁹/L in the previous antitumor treatment cycle, accompanied by **high risk factors for bleeding***;
  6. Platelet count ≥ 100×10⁹/L at enrollment;
  7. Patients with breast cancer plus other malignancies are allowed, provided that the treatment plan is primarily for breast cancer;
  8. Adequate organ function:

    • Bone marrow: ANC ≥ 1.5×10⁹/L; hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL;

      • Hepatic and renal function: total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN; ALT, AST ≤ 2.5 × ULN (or ≤ 5 × ULN in the presence of liver metastasis); serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN or creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula);

        • Coagulation: activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and international normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN;
  9. Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to the first dose, not be breastfeeding, and agree to use effective contraception during the study and for 7 days after the last dose of study drug.

    Male subjects with female partners of childbearing potential must be surgically sterile or agree to use effective contraception during the study and for 7 days after the last dose of study drug; sperm donation is prohibited during the study;

  10. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months;
  11. Voluntarily participate in the study, sign the informed consent form, have good compliance, and be willing to comply with follow-up procedures.

    • High risk factors for bleeding History of bleeding; prior treatment with platinum agents, gemcitabine, cytarabine, anthracyclines, PARP inhibitors (e.g., niraparib), etc.; combination of targeted agents and chemotherapeutic agents known to increase the risk of thrombocytopenia; history of radiotherapy or ongoing radiotherapy, especially to long bones and flat bones (e.g., pelvis, sternum).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presence of hematological disorders, including but not limited to leukemia, primary immune thrombocytopenia, myeloproliferative neoplasms, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndromes;
  2. Uncontrolled active infection;
  3. History of arterial or venous thrombosis;
  4. Patients with bleeding tendency, or evidence of inherited bleeding diathesis or coagulation disorders;
  5. Pregnant or breastfeeding women, or female patients of childbearing potential not using effective contraception;
  6. Participation in another clinical trial of thrombopoietic agents within 4 weeks prior to enrollment;
  7. Presence of uncontrolled neurological or psychiatric disorders, poor compliance, or inability to cooperate and report treatment-related reactions;
  8. Bone marrow involvement;
  9. Administration of rhTPO or rhIL-11 within 7 days prior to enrollment;
  10. Hypersensitivity to the study drug(s).
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
126 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    No prophylactic use of hetrombopag

    No prophylactic use of hetrombopag

  • Experimental
    Continuous Hetrombopag for 2 Cycles

    Hetrombopag at an initial dose of 7.5 mg once daily, administered from Day 1 of the first chemotherapy cycle (C1D1) continuously until the end of the second chemotherapy cycle

    Drug: Continuous Hetrombopag for 2 Cycles

  • Experimental
    Cyclic 14-day Hetrombopag for 2 Cycles

    Hetrombopag at an initial dose of 7.5 mg once daily, administered from Day 1 (C1D1) to Day 14 (C1D14) of the first chemotherapy cycle; the dosage and administration schedule in the second chemotherapy cycle were identical to those in the first cycle

    Drug: Cyclic 14-day Hetrombopag for 2 Cycles

Interventions

  • DrugContinuous Hetrombopag for 2 Cycles

    Hetrombopag at an initial dose of 7.5 mg once daily, administered from Day 1 of the first chemotherapy cycle (C1D1) continuously until the end of the second chemotherapy cycle

  • DrugCyclic 14-day Hetrombopag for 2 Cycles

    Hetrombopag at an initial dose of 7.5 mg once daily, administered from Day 1 (C1D1) to Day 14 (C1D14) of the first chemotherapy cycle

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of grade ≥2 thrombocytopenia (PLT < 75×10⁹/L)

    Time frame: At the end of Cycle 2 (each cycle ≥21 days)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Duration of grade ≥2 thrombocytopenia (PLT < 75×10⁹/L)

    Time frame: At the end of Cycle 2 (each cycle ≥21 days)

  2. Incidence and duration of grade ≥3 thrombocytopenia (PLT < 50×10⁹/L)

    Time frame: At the end of Cycle 2 (each cycle ≥21 days)

  3. Proportion of patients who successfully completed two chemotherapy cycles without thrombocytopenia-related modifications to subsequent antineoplastic therapy

    Time frame: At the end of Cycle 2 (each cycle ≥21 days)

  4. Proportion of patients without rescue therapy for thrombocytopenia (e.g., platelet transfusion, interleukin-11, recombinant human thrombopoietin)

    Time frame: At the end of Cycle 2 (each cycle ≥21 days)

  5. Nadir and peak platelet counts

    Time frame: At the end of Cycle 2 (each cycle ≥21 days)

  6. Incidence of adverse events

    Time frame: From enrollment to 21 days after the last dose of study drug

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Qin S, Wang Y, Yao J, Liu Y, Yi T, Pan Y, Chen Z, Zhang X, Lu J, Yu J, Zhang Y, Cheng P, Mao Y, Zhang J, Fang M, Zhang Y, Lv J, Li R, Dou N, Tang Q, Ma J. Hetrombopag for the management of chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia in patients with advanced solid tumors: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase II study. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2024 Jun 14;16:17588359241260985. doi: 10.1177/17588359241260985. eCollection 2024. PubMed 38882443 ↗
  • Kuter DJ. Treatment of chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia in patients with non-hematologic malignancies. Haematologica. 2022 Jun 1;107(6):1243-1263. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2021.279512. PubMed 35642485 ↗
  • Jin G, Wu Y, She Z, Ma X, Deng S, Wang W, Wu Y, Li Q. Prophylactic Administration of Recombinant Human Thrombopoietin in the Secondary Prevention of Thrombocytopenia Induced by XELOX Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Stage III Colorectal Cancer. Am J Ther. 2021 Apr 7;28(4):e513-e516. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000001331. No abstract available. PubMed 33852489 ↗
  • Li Q, Jin G, Jiang C, Zhang Z, Hou J, Zhao J, Chen F, Li Z. Prophylactic administration of recombinant human thrombopoietin attenuates XELOX or SOX regimen-induced thrombocytopaenia. Arch Med Sci. 2021 Aug 9;17(5):1440-1446. doi: 10.5114/aoms/141134. eCollection 2021. No abstract available. PubMed 34522277 ↗
  • Xu Y, Song X, Du F, Zhao Q, Liu L, Ma Z, Lu S. A Randomized Controlled Study of rhTPO and rhIL-11 for the Prophylactic Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Cancer. 2018 Nov 25;9(24):4718-4725. doi: 10.7150/jca.26690. eCollection 2018. PubMed 30588257 ↗
  • Chen M, Li L, Xia Q, Chen X, Liao Z, Wang C, Shen B, Zhou M, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Qian L, Yuan X, Wang Z, Xue C, An X, Liu B, Gu K, Hou M, Wang X, Wang W, Li E, Zhong J, Cheng J, Shu Y, Yang N, Wang H, Yang R, Liu T, Deng T, Ma F, Liao W, Qiu W, Chen Y, Chen X, Zhang M, Xu R, Li X, Feng J, Ba Y, Shi Y. A real-world observation on thrombopoietic agents for patients with cancer treatment-induced thrombocytopenia in China: A multicenter, cross-sectional study. Cancer. 2024 Apr 15;130(S8):1524-1538. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35292. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PubMed 38515388 ↗
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Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 15, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07647029
Lead sponsor
Fudan University
Responsible party
Jian Zhang,MD (Director of Phase I Unit,Chief physician of oncology department, Fudan University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 15, 2026
Start date
May 28, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Feb 29, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 31, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 15, 2026

Study contacts

Jian Zhang
Contact
syner2000@163.com
+8618017312991

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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