Recombinant human thrombopoietin treatment in patients with chronic liver disease-related thrombocytopenia undergoing invasive procedures:A retrospective study

BACKGROUND Chronic liver disease(CLD)related thrombocytopenia increases the risk of bleeding and poor prognosis.Many liver disease patients require invasive procedures or surgeries,such as liver biopsy or endoscopic variceal ligation,and most of them have lower platelet counts,which could aggravate the risk of bleeding due to liver dysfunction and coagulation disorders.Unfortunately,there is no defined treatment modality for CLD-induced thrombocytopenia.Recombinant human thrombopoietin(rhTPO)is commonly used to treat primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura and thrombocytopenia caused by solid tumor chemotherapy;however,there are few reports on the use of rhTPO in the treatment of CLD-related thrombocytopenia.AIM To evaluate the efficacy of rhTPO in the treatment of patients with CLDassociated thrombocytopenia undergoing invasive procedures.METHODS All analyses were based on the retrospective collection of clinical data of patients with CLD who were treated in the Department of Infectious Diseases at The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University between June 2020 and December 2021.Fifty-nine male and 41 female patients with liver disease were enrolled in this study to assess the changes in platelet counts and parameters before and after the use of rhTPO for thrombocytopenia.Adverse events related to treatment,such as bleeding,thrombosis,and disseminated intravascular coagulation,were also investigated.RESULTS Among the enrolled patients,78(78%)showed a platelet count increase after rhTPO use,while 22(22%)showed no significant change in platelet count.The mean platelet count after rhTPO treatment in all patients was 101.53±81.81×10^(9)/L,which was significantly improved compared to that at baseline(42.88±16.72×10^(9)/L),and this difference was statistically significant(P<0.001).In addition,patients were further divided into three subgroups according to their baseline platelet counts(<30×10^(9)/L,30-50×10^(9)/L,>50×10^(9)/L).Subgroup analyses showed that the median platelet counts after treatment were significantly higher(P<0.001,all).Ninety(90%)patients did not require platelet transfusion partially due to an increase in platelet count after treatment with rhTPO.No serious adverse events related to rhTPO treatment were observed.Overall,rhTPO demonstrated good clinical efficacy for treating CLD-associated thrombocytopenia.CONCLUSION rhTPO can improve platelet count,reduce the risk of bleeding,and decrease the platelet transfusion rate,which may promote the safety of invasive procedures and improve overall survival of patients with CLD.

Recombinant human thrombopoietin in combination with cyclosporin A as a novel therapy in corticosteroid-resistant primary immune thrombocytopenia

Background The management of patients with refractory immune thrombocytopenia （ITP） is challenging, as there is no standard treatment option. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of recombinant human thrombopoietin （rhTPO） in combination with cyclosporin A （CsA） for the management of patients with corticosteroid-resistant primary ITP.

Recombinant human thrombopoietin prior to mobilization chemotherapy facilitates platelet recovery in autologous transplantation in patients with lymphoma:Results of a prospective randomized study

Background:Chemotherapy plus granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) regimen is one of the available approaches to mobilize peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs).It causes thrombocytopenia and delays leukapheresis.This study aimed to evaluate the role of recombinant human thrombopoietin (rhTPO) before mobilization chemotherapy in facilitating leukapheresis in patients with lymphoma.Methods:In this randomized open-label phase 2 trial, patients were randomly assigned in a 1:2 ratio to receive mobilization with rhTPO plus GCSF in combination with chemotherapy (the rhTPO plus GCSF arm) or GCSF alone in combination with chemotherapy (the GCSF alone arm).The recovery of neutrophils and platelets and the amount of platelet transfusion were monitored.Results:Thirty patients were enrolled in this study between March 2016 and August 2018. Patients in the rhTPO plus GCSF arm (n = 10) had similar platelet nadir after mobilization chemotherapy (P=0.878) and similar amount of platelet transfusion (median 0 vs.1 unit,P=0.735) when compared with the GCSF alone arm (n = 20). On the day of leukapheresis, the median platelet count was 86 ×10^(9)/L (range 18-219) among patients who received rhTPO and 73 ×10^(9)/L (range 42-197) among those who received GCSF alone (P=0.982). After the use of rhTPO, the incidence of platelet count <75 ×10^(9)/L on the day of leukapheresis did not decrease significantly (30.0% vs. 50.0%,P=0.297).Platelet recovery after PBPC transfusion was more rapid in the rhTPO plus GCSF arm (median 8.0 days [95% confidence interval 2.9-13.1] to platelets ≥50 ×10^(9)/L vs. 11.0 days [95% confidence interval 8.6-13.4],P=0.011).The estimated total cost of the mobilization and reconstitution phases per patient was similar between the two treatmtent groups (P=0.362 andP=0.067,respectively).Conclusions:Our findings indicate that there was no significant clinical benefit of rhTPO use in facilitating mobilization of progenitor cells,but it may promote platelet recovery in the reconstitution phase after high-dose therapy.Trial registration:This trial has been registered in Clinicaltrials.gov as NCT03014102.