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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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Agios Loukas Clinic

    Thessaloniki, 55236, Greece

  • American Oncology Partners, PA

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20817, United States

  • Ankara Bilkent Sehir Hastanesi

    Ankara, 06800, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Aretaieio Hospital

    Athens, 11528, Greece

  • Attikon University Hospital

    Athens, 12462, Greece

  • Autonomic SHI Republican clinical oncology dispensary of MoH of the Republic of Tatarstan

    Kazan', 420029, Russia

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino Ospedale Molinette

    Torino, 10126, Italy

  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

    Milan, 20162, Italy

  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona

    Cremona, 26100, Italy

  • Baskent Universitesi Adana Doktor Turgut Noyan Uygulama ve Arastirma Merkezi

    Adana, 01250, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Cape Breton Cancer Centre, Nova Scotia Health Authority

    Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 1P3, Canada

  • Casa de Saude Santa Marcelina

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 08270-120, Brazil

  • Catarina Pesquisa Clinica

    Itajaí, Santa Catarina, 88301-220, Brazil

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest

    Brest, 29609, France

  • Centro Hospitalar Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro EPE - Unidade de Vila Real

    Vila Real, 5000-508, Portugal

  • Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Lisboa Norte, EPE - Hospital de Santa Maria

    Lisbon, 1649-035, Portugal

  • Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Sao Joao, EPE - Hospital Sao Joao

    Porto, 4200-319, Portugal

  • Centro Hospitalar Universitario do Porto, EPE - Hospital de Santo Antonio

    Porto, 4099-001, Portugal

  • Centro Medico Imbanaco

    Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, 760042, Colombia

  • Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI

    México, 06720, Mexico

  • Centro de Atencion e Investigacion Cardiovascular del Potosi Sc

    San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí, 78200, Mexico

  • Centro de Diagnostico Investigacion y Tratamiento

    Salta, 4400, Argentina

  • Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas Clínica Viedma

    Viedma, Río Negro Province, 8500, Argentina

  • Centro de Pesquisa da Serra Gaucha - Cepesg

    Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, 95020-450, Brazil

  • Centrul de Oncologie Sf Nectarie SRL

    Craiova, 200347, Romania

  • Christus Highland Cancer Treatment Center

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71105, United States

  • Christus Saint Frances Cabrini Hospital

    Alexandria, Louisiana, 71301, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic Florida

    Weston, Florida, 33331, United States

  • Clinical hospital 2, Group of companies medsi

    Moscow, 125284, Russia

  • Colorado West Healthcare System dba Grand Valley Oncology

    Grand Junction, Colorado, 81505, United States

  • Communal Institution Chernivtsi Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary

    Chernivtsi, 58013, Ukraine

  • Complex Oncology Center - Ruse EOOD

    Rousse, 7002, Bulgaria

  • Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense

    Ourense, Galicia, 32005, Spain

  • Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont

    Debrecen, 4032, Hungary

  • Del-pesti Centrumkorhaz - Orszagos Hematologiai es Infektologiai Intezet

    Budapest, 1097, Hungary

  • Doktor Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Onkoloji Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi

    Ankara, 06200, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Ege Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

    Izmir, 35100, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Evgenidio Hospital I Agia Trias

    Athens, 11528, Greece

  • FSBI Scientific and Research Oncology Institute named after N N Petrov

    Saint Petersburg, 197758, Russia

  • Fundacion Colombiana de Cancerologia Clinica Vida

    Medellín, Antioquia, 050030, Colombia

  • Fundeni Clinical Institute for Digestive Disorders and Liver Transplantation

    Bucharest, 022328, Romania

  • Gazi Universitesi Saglik Arastirma ve Uygulama Merkezi Gazi Hastanesi

    Ankara, 06560, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • General Hospital of Athens Laiko

    Athens, 11526, Greece

  • General Oncology Hospital of Kifissia Agioi Anargyroi

    Athens, 14564, Greece

  • Goztepe Prof Dr Suleyman Yalcin Sehir Hastanesi

    Istanbul, 34722, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Grand River Regional Cancer Centre at Grand River Hospital

    Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 1G3, Canada

  • Gyor-Moson-Sopron Varmegyei Petz Aladar Egyetemi Oktatokorhaz

    Győr, 9024, Hungary

  • Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

    Ankara, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Hattiesburg Clinic Hematology/Oncology

    Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39401, United States

  • Hopital Foch

    Suresnes, 92150, France

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario San Cecilio

    Granada, Andalusia, 18016, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Salamanca

    Salamanca, Castille and León, 37007, Spain

  • Hospital Goyeneche

    Arequipa, 04001, Peru

  • Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus

    Reus, Catalonia, 43204, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova Lleida

    Lleida, Catalonia, 25198, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Fundacion Favaloro

    Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, C1093AAS, Argentina

  • Hospital Universitario Madrid Sanchinarro

    Madrid, 28050, Spain

  • Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou

    Paris, 75015, France

  • Institut Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif, 94805, France

  • Instituto Oncologico Cordoba

    Córdoba, Córdoba Province, 5003, Argentina

  • Instituto de Oncologia do Parana

    Curitiba, Paraná, 80530-010, Brazil

  • Institutul Regional de Oncologie Iasi

    Iași, 700483, Romania

  • Istanbul Universitesi Onkoloji Enstitusu

    Istanbul, 34093, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Izmir Ekonomi Universitesi Medical Point Hastanesi

    Izmir, 35575, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Kocaeli Universitesi Arastirma ve Uygulama Hastanesi

    Kocaeli, 41380, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • LLC Tonus

    Nizhny Novgorod, 603089, Russia

  • Landeskrankenhaus Steyr

    Steyr, 4400, Austria

  • Leningrad Regional Oncology Dispensary na L D Roman

    Saint Petersburg, 191104, Russia

  • Loema Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica e Consultores Ltda

    Campinas, São Paulo, 13010-001, Brazil

  • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Medical Center Nadezhda Clinical EOOD

    Sofia, 1330, Bulgaria

  • Medical Oncology Associates PS

    Spokane, Washington, 99208, United States

  • Medsi Group

    Moscow Region, 143442, Russia

  • Mercy Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21202, United States

  • Mid Florida Hematology and Oncology Centers PA

    Orange City, Florida, 32763, United States

  • Morristown Medical Center

    Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States

  • Oaxaca Site Management Organization SC

    Oaxaca City, 68000, Mexico

  • Omsk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary

    Omsk, 644013, Russia

  • Oncology Hematology Associates

    Springfield, Missouri, 65807, United States

  • Oncology and Hematology Associates of West Broward, PA

    Tamarac, Florida, 33321, United States

  • Oncomedica Imat

    Montería, Departamento de Córdoba, 230002, Colombia

  • Oncosalud

    Lima, 15036, Peru

  • Oncotech

    La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23040, Mexico

  • Orchard Healthcare Research Inc

    Skokie, Illinois, 60076, United States

  • Pacific Cancer Medical Center Inc

    Anaheim, California, 92801, United States

  • Policlinica de Diagnostic Rapid

    Brasov, 500152, Romania

  • Powiatowe Centrum Zdrowia w Brzezinach Sp Z o o

    Brzeziny, 95-060, Poland

  • Prof Dr Cemil Tascioglu Sehir Hastanesi

    Istanbul, 34384, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Prykarpatskyy Clinical Oncology Centre

    Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018, Ukraine

  • Regional Cancer Care Associates

    Sparta, New Jersey, 78071, United States

  • Respublican clinical oncology dispensary Minzdrava of Republic of Bashkortostan

    Ufa, 450054, Russia

  • SBHI of Arkhangelsk region Arkhangelsk clinical oncology dispensary

    Arkhangelsk, 163045, Russia

  • SC Medisprof SRL

    Cluj-Napoca, 400124, Romania

  • SC Oncomed SRL

    Timișoara, 300239, Romania

  • Saint Bernards Medical Center

    Jonesboro, Arkansas, 72401, United States

  • Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment of Oncology EAD

    Sofia, 1756, Bulgaria

  • Spitalul Clinic al Cailor Ferate Cluj Napoca

    Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania

  • State Institution of Public Health

    Ryazan, 390011, Russia

  • State Institution of Public Health Oncology Dispensary 2 of Public Health Krasnodar Region

    Sochi, 354057, Russia

  • State Institution of Public Health Tambov Regional Oncology Dispensary

    Tambov, 390013, Russia

  • State budget institution of public health Pyatigorsk oncology dispensary

    Pyatigorsk, 357502, Russia

  • Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Klinikai Kozpont Altalanos Orvostudomanyi Kar

    Szeged, 6720, Hungary

  • The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

    Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

  • Trakya Universitesi Saglik Arastirma ve Uygulama Merkezi

    Edirne, 22030, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Transcarpathian Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary

    Uzhhorod, 88000, Ukraine

  • Unidade Local de Saude de Matosinhos, EPE - Hospital Pedro Hispano

    Matosinhos Municipality, 4464-513, Portugal

  • Universitaetsklinikum Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien

    Vienna, 1090, Austria

  • University Hospital of Patras

    Pátrai, 26504, Greece

  • University Medical Center New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

  • University of California Irvine

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu

    Poznan, 60-569, Poland

  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu

    Poznan, 60-780, Poland

  • VM Medical Park Samsun Hastanesi

    Samsun, 55200, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Vencer e Oncoclinica

    Teresina, Piauí, 64049-200, Brazil

  • Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny w Bialej Podlaskiej

    Biała Podlaska, 21-500, Poland

  • Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital

    Yakima, Washington, 98902, United States

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