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Multi-target Drugs Sequential Combination Therapy in Adults Patients With Newly Diagnosed Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia

A Phase 4 interventional study of standard-dose methylprednisolone/prednisone. and thrombopoietin receptor agonist(TPO-RA), including but not limited to hetrombopag or eltrombopag. in ITP - Immune Thrombocytopenia, sponsored by Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, China. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-26.

Sponsored by Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, China · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jun 2026; still recruiting 4 months later.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
38
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 33 studies in Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic by Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, China — 27 open to participants now, 29 under way, 2 of them phase 3. Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic · Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, China.

Planned enrollment
22nd of 31
38 · median 60
Started
2026
with 7 others
Phase 4
4 of 33
3 open now
Primary completion
2027-05
later than 20 of 28 live
Registered
33rd of 33
by date

Among the 33 studies in Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic by Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, China, this one is the 22nd largest by planned enrollment of the 31 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 8 that started in 2026, is one of 4 in phase 4, reaches primary completion later than 20 of the 28 other live ones, and was the 33rd registered.

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Of the 103 Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic studies recruiting now, 49 (48%) set no upper age limit and 42 (41%) stop at 75 or younger; 27 take children under 18; 4 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 75 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This prospective, single-arm, multicenter, exploratory study will enroll 38 adults patients with newly diagnosed primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Patients will receive standard-dose corticosteroids plus a thrombopoietin receptor agonist (TPO-RA) as initial therapy During the core treatment phase (Weeks 1-12). Corticosteroids will be tapered and discontinued within 8 weeks, whereas TPO-RA treatment will continue for 12 weeks. For patients with treatment failure( defined as platelet count \< 30 × 10\^9/L or less than 2-fold increase of baseline platelet count or bleeding) ,a sequential multitarget combination strategy will be explored in subsequent treatment phases. Specifically, patients with treatment failure after 2 weeks of initial therapy (Weeks 3-12), will receive the ongoing TPO-RA in combination with either rituximab or an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody(mAb) as sequential combination therapy.

During the core treatment follow-up phase (24 weeks), patients with treatment failure will enter the exploratory treatment phase (Weeks 13-36) .

Patients who received multi-target drug therapy during the core treatment period will switch to an alternative TPO-RA with cross-administered rituximab and anti-CD38 mAb, while those who did not will receive sequential rituximab or anti-CD38 mAb.

Finally, patients will enter the safety follow up period (4 weeks, weeks 37-40).

Read the detailed description

The study will be conducted in three phases.

Phase 1. Core treatment phase includes initial treatment and sequential combination therapy (12 weeks, weeks 1-12):

Patients will receive standard-dose methylprednisolone or prednisone in combination with a thrombopoietin receptor agonist (TPO-RA) as initial therapy.Corticosteroids will be tapered and discontinued within 8 weeks; tapering will begin immediately in patients who achieve complete response (CR) and will also be initiated after 4 weeks in patients who do not achieve response (R). TPO-RA therapy will continue for 12 weeks, with dose adjustments made according to the approved prescribing information. Patients with treatment failure( defined as platelet count \< 30 × 10\^9/L or less than 2-fold increase of baseline platelet count or bleeding) after 2 weeks of initial therapy (Weeks 3-12) will receive the ongoing TPO-RA in combination with either rituximab or an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody as sequential combination therapy.

Phase 2. Core-treatment follow-up and exploratory treatment phase (24weeks, weeks 13-36):

During the core treatment follow-up phase, patients with treatment failure will enter the exploratory treatment phase. Patients who did not receive rituximab or anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody during the core treatment phase will receive a switched TPO-RA combined with either rituximab or anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, whereas patients who received either rituximab or anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody during the core phase will receive a switched TPO-RA combined with cross-administered rituximab and anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.TPO-RA therapy will also continue for 12 weeks.

Phase3. Safety follow-up phase (4weeks,weeks 37-40).

Rescue therapy includes, but is not limited to, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), platelet transfusion, and vindesine. A switch to another thrombopoietin receptor agonist (TPO-RA) will be considered rescue therapy during the core treatment period. Administration of recombinant human thrombopoietin (rhTPO) will also be considered rescue therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • ITP - Immune Thrombocytopenia

Keywords

  • corticosteroid
  • thrombopoietin receptor agonist (TPO-RA)
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥18 years.
  2. Confirmed newly diagnosed primary ITP with a count \<30 × 10\^9/L.
  3. No prior ITP-related treatment before enrollment, except for standard-dose and/or IVIG for ≤5 days.
  4. Able to understand the study and provide signed .-

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Use of or for a non-ITP condition within 3 months.
  2. to corticosteroid therapy.
  3. Arterial or venous thromboembolic event within 3 months.
  4. Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
  5. Current treatment with another drug.
  6. Any other medical history or condition that, in the investigator's judgment, makes the participant unsuitable for the study.

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Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
38 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Initial therapy

    standard-dose corticosteroids plus a thrombopoietin receptor agonist (TPO-RA)

    Drug: standard-dose methylprednisolone/prednisone. · Drug: thrombopoietin receptor agonist(TPO-RA), including but not limited to hetrombopag or eltrombopag.

  • Experimental
    Sequential Combination Therapy

    the ongoing TPO-RA in combination with either rituximab or an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody(mAb)

    Drug: thrombopoietin receptor agonist(TPO-RA), including but not limited to hetrombopag or eltrombopag. · Drug: rituximab. · Drug: Daratumumab

  • Experimental
    Exploratory treatment

    a switched TPO-RA combined with either rituximab or anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody

    Drug: thrombopoietin receptor agonist(TPO-RA), including but not limited to hetrombopag or eltrombopag. · Drug: rituximab. · Drug: Daratumumab

Interventions

  • Drugstandard-dose methylprednisolone/prednisone.

    Methylprednisolone 0.8-1mg/kg/day administered intravenously or orally; or prednisone 1 mg/kg/day, up to a maximum dose of 80 mg/day

  • Dosing will follow the recommended dose in the prescribing information; in severe ITP, the initial dose will be selected according to BAT (best available therapy) principles.

  • Drugrituximab.

    Administered as 375 mg/m² by intravenous infusion for a single dose, or 100 mg by intravenous infusion once weekly for a total of 4 doses.

  • Administered at 16 mg/kg by intravenous infusion once weekly for a total of 4-8 doses.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. sustained response rate

    Defined as the proportion of patients who achieve a platelet count ≥30×10\^9/L at least 6 out of 12 scheduled visits during the 24 weeks following the core treatment period (weeks 13-36), in the absence of rescue therapy

    Time frame: between weeks 13 and 36

Secondary outcomes

  1. time to response

    The time from treatment initiation to achieve a complete response(platelet count ≥100 × 109/L and absence of bleeding) or a partial response(platelet count ≥30 × 10\^9/L and at least 2-fold increase of the baseline platelet count and absence of bleeding)

    Time frame: in 0-12 weeks

  2. Early response.

    Proportion of patients achieving platelet count ≥30 × 10\^9/L and at least doubling baseline at 1 week after treatment initiation.

    Time frame: at 1 week

  3. Initial response

    Proportion of patients achieving platelet count ≥30 × 10\^9/L and at least doubling baseline at 1 month after treatment initiation.

    Time frame: at 1 month

  4. overall response(OR) rate at week 12

    Proportion of patients achieving complete response (CR) plus response (R) at Week 12

    Time frame: at week 12

  5. Proportion of patients requiring rescue therapy

    Time frame: in 0-36 weeks

  6. bleeding scores

    Assessed according to the WHO Bleeding Scale and the ITP Bleeding Scale

    Time frame: in 0-40 weeks

  7. Immune Thrombocytopenia Patient Assessment Questionnaire (ITP-PAQ)

    In all participants ,use ITP-PAQ to assess the HRQoL before and after treatment.

    Time frame: in 0-40 weeks

  8. Functional Assessment of 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) scale

    In all participants ,use SF-36 scale to assess the HRQoL before and after treatment.

    Time frame: in 0-40 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Ethics Committee of Hematology Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
    Tianjin, 300020, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Gudbrandsdottir S, Birgens HS, Frederiksen H, Jensen BA, Jensen MK, Kjeldsen L, Klausen TW, Larsen H, Mourits-Andersen HT, Nielsen CH, Nielsen OJ, Plesner T, Pulczynski S, Rasmussen IH, Ronnov-Jessen D, Hasselbalch HC. Rituximab and dexamethasone vs dexamethasone monotherapy in newly diagnosed patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia. Blood. 2013 Mar 14;121(11):1976-81. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-09-455691. Epub 2013 Jan 4. PubMed 23293082 ↗
  • Chen Y, Xu Y, Li H, Sun T, Cao X, Wang Y, Xue F, Liu W, Liu X, Dong H, Fu R, Dai X, Wang W, Ma Y, Song Z, Chi Y, Ju M, Gu W, Pei X, Yang R, Zhang L. A Novel Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibody for Treating Immune Thrombocytopenia. N Engl J Med. 2024 Jun 20;390(23):2178-2190. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2400409. PubMed 38899695 ↗
  • Rodeghiero F, Stasi R, Gernsheimer T, Michel M, Provan D, Arnold DM, Bussel JB, Cines DB, Chong BH, Cooper N, Godeau B, Lechner K, Mazzucconi MG, McMillan R, Sanz MA, Imbach P, Blanchette V, Kuhne T, Ruggeri M, George JN. Standardization of terminology, definitions and outcome criteria in immune thrombocytopenic purpura of adults and children: report from an international working group. Blood. 2009 Mar 12;113(11):2386-93. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-07-162503. Epub 2008 Nov 12. PubMed 19005182 ↗
  • Provan D, Arnold DM, Bussel JB, Chong BH, Cooper N, Gernsheimer T, Ghanima W, Godeau B, Gonzalez-Lopez TJ, Grainger J, Hou M, Kruse C, McDonald V, Michel M, Newland AC, Pavord S, Rodeghiero F, Scully M, Tomiyama Y, Wong RS, Zaja F, Kuter DJ. Updated international consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia. Blood Adv. 2019 Nov 26;3(22):3780-3817. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000812. PubMed 31770441 ↗
  • Neunert C, Terrell DR, Arnold DM, Buchanan G, Cines DB, Cooper N, Cuker A, Despotovic JM, George JN, Grace RF, Kuhne T, Kuter DJ, Lim W, McCrae KR, Pruitt B, Shimanek H, Vesely SK. American Society of Hematology 2019 guidelines for immune thrombocytopenia. Blood Adv. 2019 Dec 10;3(23):3829-3866. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000966. PubMed 31794604 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — No plan to share IPD has been established at this time

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Jun 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for May 2027, 11 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 5, 2026
First posted
Aug 26, 2026
StartActual
Jun 22, 2026
Primary completionEst.
May 30, 2027
CompletionEst.
Jun 30, 2027
Last update
Aug 26, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 26, 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
NCT07788456
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 26, 2026
Start date
Jun 22, 2026
Primary completion
May 30, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 30, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 26, 2026

Study contacts

Xiaofan Liu
Contact
liuxiaofan@ihcams.ac.cn
+86-022-23608180
Rongfeng Fu
Contact
furongfeng@ihcams.ac.cn
Lei Zhang
study director · Thrombosis and Haemostasis Diagnosis Treatment Center

Oversight

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