Drug aims to keep cancer treatment on track by boosting platelets
NCT ID NCT03362177
Summary
This study tested whether a drug called romiplostim could help patients with gastrointestinal, pancreatic, or colorectal cancer stay on their planned chemotherapy schedule. Chemotherapy can cause dangerously low platelet counts (thrombocytopenia), which often forces doctors to delay or reduce treatment doses. In this trial, 165 adults receiving a specific type of chemotherapy were given either romiplostim or a placebo to see if the drug could prevent these treatment interruptions by raising platelet levels.
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Locations
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Agios Loukas Clinic
Thessaloniki, 55236, Greece
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American Oncology Partners, PA
Bethesda, Maryland, 20817, United States
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Ankara Bilkent Sehir Hastanesi
Ankara, 06800, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Aretaieio Hospital
Athens, 11528, Greece
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Attikon University Hospital
Athens, 12462, Greece
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Autonomic SHI Republican clinical oncology dispensary of MoH of the Republic of Tatarstan
Kazan', 420029, Russia
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Azienda Ospedaliera Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino Ospedale Molinette
Torino, 10126, Italy
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Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
Milan, 20162, Italy
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Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona
Cremona, 26100, Italy
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Baskent Universitesi Adana Doktor Turgut Noyan Uygulama ve Arastirma Merkezi
Adana, 01250, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Cape Breton Cancer Centre, Nova Scotia Health Authority
Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 1P3, Canada
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Casa de Saude Santa Marcelina
São Paulo, São Paulo, 08270-120, Brazil
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Catarina Pesquisa Clinica
Itajaí, Santa Catarina, 88301-220, Brazil
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest
Brest, 29609, France
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Centro Hospitalar Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro EPE - Unidade de Vila Real
Vila Real, 5000-508, Portugal
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Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Lisboa Norte, EPE - Hospital de Santa Maria
Lisbon, 1649-035, Portugal
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Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Sao Joao, EPE - Hospital Sao Joao
Porto, 4200-319, Portugal
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Centro Hospitalar Universitario do Porto, EPE - Hospital de Santo Antonio
Porto, 4099-001, Portugal
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Centro Medico Imbanaco
Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, 760042, Colombia
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Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI
México, 06720, Mexico
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Centro de Atencion e Investigacion Cardiovascular del Potosi Sc
San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí, 78200, Mexico
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Centro de Diagnostico Investigacion y Tratamiento
Salta, 4400, Argentina
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Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas Clínica Viedma
Viedma, Río Negro Province, 8500, Argentina
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Centro de Pesquisa da Serra Gaucha - Cepesg
Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, 95020-450, Brazil
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Centrul de Oncologie Sf Nectarie SRL
Craiova, 200347, Romania
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Christus Highland Cancer Treatment Center
Shreveport, Louisiana, 71105, United States
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Christus Saint Frances Cabrini Hospital
Alexandria, Louisiana, 71301, United States
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Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida, 33331, United States
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Clinical hospital 2, Group of companies medsi
Moscow, 125284, Russia
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Colorado West Healthcare System dba Grand Valley Oncology
Grand Junction, Colorado, 81505, United States
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Communal Institution Chernivtsi Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary
Chernivtsi, 58013, Ukraine
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Complex Oncology Center - Ruse EOOD
Rousse, 7002, Bulgaria
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Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense
Ourense, Galicia, 32005, Spain
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Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont
Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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Del-pesti Centrumkorhaz - Orszagos Hematologiai es Infektologiai Intezet
Budapest, 1097, Hungary
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Doktor Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Onkoloji Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi
Ankara, 06200, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Ege Universitesi Tip Fakultesi
Izmir, 35100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Evgenidio Hospital I Agia Trias
Athens, 11528, Greece
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FSBI Scientific and Research Oncology Institute named after N N Petrov
Saint Petersburg, 197758, Russia
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Fundacion Colombiana de Cancerologia Clinica Vida
Medellín, Antioquia, 050030, Colombia
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Fundeni Clinical Institute for Digestive Disorders and Liver Transplantation
Bucharest, 022328, Romania
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Gazi Universitesi Saglik Arastirma ve Uygulama Merkezi Gazi Hastanesi
Ankara, 06560, Turkey (Türkiye)
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General Hospital of Athens Laiko
Athens, 11526, Greece
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General Oncology Hospital of Kifissia Agioi Anargyroi
Athens, 14564, Greece
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Goztepe Prof Dr Suleyman Yalcin Sehir Hastanesi
Istanbul, 34722, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Grand River Regional Cancer Centre at Grand River Hospital
Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 1G3, Canada
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Gyor-Moson-Sopron Varmegyei Petz Aladar Egyetemi Oktatokorhaz
Győr, 9024, Hungary
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Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi
Ankara, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Hattiesburg Clinic Hematology/Oncology
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39401, United States
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Hopital Foch
Suresnes, 92150, France
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Hospital Clinico Universitario San Cecilio
Granada, Andalusia, 18016, Spain
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Hospital Clinico Universitario de Salamanca
Salamanca, Castille and León, 37007, Spain
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Hospital Goyeneche
Arequipa, 04001, Peru
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Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus
Reus, Catalonia, 43204, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova Lleida
Lleida, Catalonia, 25198, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Fundacion Favaloro
Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, C1093AAS, Argentina
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Hospital Universitario Madrid Sanchinarro
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
Paris, 75015, France
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Institut Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94805, France
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Instituto Oncologico Cordoba
Córdoba, Córdoba Province, 5003, Argentina
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Instituto de Oncologia do Parana
Curitiba, Paraná, 80530-010, Brazil
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Institutul Regional de Oncologie Iasi
Iași, 700483, Romania
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Istanbul Universitesi Onkoloji Enstitusu
Istanbul, 34093, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Izmir Ekonomi Universitesi Medical Point Hastanesi
Izmir, 35575, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Kocaeli Universitesi Arastirma ve Uygulama Hastanesi
Kocaeli, 41380, Turkey (Türkiye)
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LLC Tonus
Nizhny Novgorod, 603089, Russia
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Landeskrankenhaus Steyr
Steyr, 4400, Austria
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Leningrad Regional Oncology Dispensary na L D Roman
Saint Petersburg, 191104, Russia
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Loema Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica e Consultores Ltda
Campinas, São Paulo, 13010-001, Brazil
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Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Medical Center Nadezhda Clinical EOOD
Sofia, 1330, Bulgaria
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Medical Oncology Associates PS
Spokane, Washington, 99208, United States
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Medsi Group
Moscow Region, 143442, Russia
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Mercy Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202, United States
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Mid Florida Hematology and Oncology Centers PA
Orange City, Florida, 32763, United States
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Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States
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Oaxaca Site Management Organization SC
Oaxaca City, 68000, Mexico
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Omsk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary
Omsk, 644013, Russia
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Oncology Hematology Associates
Springfield, Missouri, 65807, United States
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Oncology and Hematology Associates of West Broward, PA
Tamarac, Florida, 33321, United States
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Oncomedica Imat
Montería, Departamento de Córdoba, 230002, Colombia
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Oncosalud
Lima, 15036, Peru
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Oncotech
La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23040, Mexico
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Orchard Healthcare Research Inc
Skokie, Illinois, 60076, United States
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Pacific Cancer Medical Center Inc
Anaheim, California, 92801, United States
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Policlinica de Diagnostic Rapid
Brasov, 500152, Romania
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Powiatowe Centrum Zdrowia w Brzezinach Sp Z o o
Brzeziny, 95-060, Poland
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Prof Dr Cemil Tascioglu Sehir Hastanesi
Istanbul, 34384, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Prykarpatskyy Clinical Oncology Centre
Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018, Ukraine
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Regional Cancer Care Associates
Sparta, New Jersey, 78071, United States
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Respublican clinical oncology dispensary Minzdrava of Republic of Bashkortostan
Ufa, 450054, Russia
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SBHI of Arkhangelsk region Arkhangelsk clinical oncology dispensary
Arkhangelsk, 163045, Russia
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SC Medisprof SRL
Cluj-Napoca, 400124, Romania
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SC Oncomed SRL
Timișoara, 300239, Romania
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Saint Bernards Medical Center
Jonesboro, Arkansas, 72401, United States
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Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment of Oncology EAD
Sofia, 1756, Bulgaria
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Spitalul Clinic al Cailor Ferate Cluj Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania
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State Institution of Public Health
Ryazan, 390011, Russia
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State Institution of Public Health Oncology Dispensary 2 of Public Health Krasnodar Region
Sochi, 354057, Russia
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State Institution of Public Health Tambov Regional Oncology Dispensary
Tambov, 390013, Russia
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State budget institution of public health Pyatigorsk oncology dispensary
Pyatigorsk, 357502, Russia
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Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Klinikai Kozpont Altalanos Orvostudomanyi Kar
Szeged, 6720, Hungary
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The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States
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Trakya Universitesi Saglik Arastirma ve Uygulama Merkezi
Edirne, 22030, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Transcarpathian Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary
Uzhhorod, 88000, Ukraine
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Unidade Local de Saude de Matosinhos, EPE - Hospital Pedro Hispano
Matosinhos Municipality, 4464-513, Portugal
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Universitaetsklinikum Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien
Vienna, 1090, Austria
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University Hospital of Patras
Pátrai, 26504, Greece
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University Medical Center New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States
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University of California Irvine
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu
Poznan, 60-569, Poland
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Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu
Poznan, 60-780, Poland
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VM Medical Park Samsun Hastanesi
Samsun, 55200, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Vencer e Oncoclinica
Teresina, Piauí, 64049-200, Brazil
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Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny w Bialej Podlaskiej
Biała Podlaska, 21-500, Poland
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Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
Yakima, Washington, 98902, United States
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