New drug shows promise for Long-Term platelet control in rare bleeding disorder
NCT ID NCT04225156
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 3 trial tested the long-term safety and effectiveness of efgartigimod, an IV drug, in 101 adults with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a condition where the immune system destroys platelets, causing bleeding. Participants received efgartigimod infusions over 52 weeks. The study measured side effects and how well the drug maintained platelet counts. Results could support efgartigimod as a long-term treatment option for ITP.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- efgartigimod (a drug given by IV infusion that blocks certain immune proteins)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a long-term treatment option to help control platelet counts and reduce bleeding risk in people with immune thrombocytopenia.
- What could go wrong
- This is an open-label trial with no placebo group, so results may be less reliable. Side effects from efgartigimod are possible, and not all patients may respond.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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101 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2020
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: 1. Ability to understand the requirements of the trial, to provide written informed consent (including consent for the use and disclosure of research-related health information), and to comply with the trial protocol procedures (including required trial visits). 2. Patients enrolled in the ARGX-113-1801 trial who completed the 24-weeks trial period. 3. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test at baseline before trial medication (infusion) can be administered. 4. Women of childbearing potential should use a highly effective or acceptable method of contraception during the trial and for 90 days after the last administration of the IMP. They must be on a stable regimen, for at least 1 month (as listed in the protocol) 6\. Ability to understand the requirements of the additional 52-week treatment period of the trial, to provide written informed consent (including consent for the use and disclosure of research-related health information), and to comply with the trial protocol procedures (including required trial visits). 7\. Patient has completed a 52-week treatment period. Exclusion criteria: 1. Introduction or continuation of non-permitted medications during the ARGX-113-1801 trial (such as anti-CD20 therapy, romiplostim, monoclonal antibodies, Fc fusion proteins or live/live-attenuated vaccines). 2. Pregnant or lactating women, and those intending to become pregnant during the trial or within 90 days after the last dosing. 3. Patients with known medical history of hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of efgartigimod. 4. Use of any other investigational drug or participation in any other investigational trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Investigator Site 0010037
Ocala, Florida, 34474, United States
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Investigator Site 0010040
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Investigator Site 0010042
Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States
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Investigator Site 0010045
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States
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Investigator Site 0070006
Kaluga, Russia
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Investigator Site 0070007
Petrozavodsk, Russia
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Investigator Site 0070008
Moscow, Russia
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Investigator Site 0070010
Ufa, Russia
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Investigator Site 0070012
Tula, Russia
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Investigator Site 0070013
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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Investigator Site 0070015
Syktyvkar, Russia
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Investigator Site 0310005
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Investigator Site 0310006
The Hague, Netherlands
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Investigator Site 0320002
Yvoir, Belgium
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Investigator Site 0320011
Bruges, Belgium
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Investigator Site 0320012
Brasschaat, Belgium
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Investigator Site 0320014
Turnhout, Belgium
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Investigator Site 0330008
Pessac, France
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Investigator Site 0330009
Créteil, France
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Investigator Site 0330016
Périgueux, France
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Investigator Site 0330018
Montpellier, France
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Investigator Site 0340004
Valencia, Spain
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Investigator Site 0340006
Barcelona, Spain
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Investigator Site 0340007
Barcelona, Spain
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Investigator Site 0340009
Madrid, Spain
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Investigator Site 0340011
Valencia, Spain
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Investigator Site 0340012
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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Investigator Site 0340013
Seville, Spain
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Investigator Site 0340014
Madrid, Spain
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Investigator Site 0340015
Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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Investigator Site 0360004
Budapest, Hungary
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Investigator Site 0360006
Debrecen, Hungary
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Investigator Site 0360010
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
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Investigator Site 0360014
Szombathely, Hungary
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Investigator Site 0360015
Győr, Hungary
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Investigator Site 0390009
Siena, Italy
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Investigator Site 0390010
Ravenna, Italy
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Investigator Site 0390011
Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Investigator Site 0390014
Milan, Italy
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Investigator Site 0390015
Novara, Italy
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Investigator Site 0390016
Trieste, Italy
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Investigator Site 0390018
Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Investigator Site 0390019
Rimini, Italy
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Investigator Site 0390020
Monza, Italy
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Investigator Site 0430002
Vienna, Austria
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Investigator Site 0430003
Vienna, Austria
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Investigator Site 0440008
London, United Kingdom
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Investigator Site 0440012
Southampton, United Kingdom
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Investigator Site 0480011
Lodz, Poland
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Investigator Site 0480012
Gdansk, Poland
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Investigator Site 0480013
Katowice, Poland
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Investigator Site 0480014
Lublin, Poland
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Investigator Site 0480026
Nowy Sącz, Poland
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Investigator Site 0490008
Essen, Germany
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Investigator Site 0490010
Düsseldorf, Germany
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Investigator Site 0810010
Hiroshima, Japan
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Investigator Site 0810014
Sapporo, Japan
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Investigator Site 0810015
Hirakata, Japan
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Investigator Site 0810016
Shibukawa, Japan
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Investigator Site 0810017
Iruma, Japan
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Investigator Site 0810018
Maebashi, Japan
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Investigator Site 0810021
Niigata, Japan
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Investigator Site 0810022
Kashiwa, Japan
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Investigator Site 0810023
Shimotsuke, Japan
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Investigator Site 0900003
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900004
Izmir, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900006
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900007
Sakarya, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900009
Samsun, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900010
Mersin, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900013
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900015
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900016
Edirne, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900017
Tekirdağ, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 0900019
Trabzon, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Investigator Site 3590001
Pleven, Bulgaria
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Investigator Site 3590002
Sofia, Bulgaria
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Investigator Site 3800006
Mykolaiv, Ukraine
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Investigator Site 4200001
Brno, Czechia
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Investigator Site 4200006
Ostrava, Czechia
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Investigator Site 4200007
Prague, Czechia
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Investigator Site 4200008
Olomouc, Czechia
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Investigator site 9950007
Tbilisi, Georgia
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Investigator site 9950008
Tbilisi, Georgia
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Investigator site 9950009
Tbilisi, Georgia
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Investigator site 9950011
Tbilisi, Georgia
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Investigator site 9950012
Tbilisi, Georgia
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