New weekly shot shows promise for rare bleeding disorder

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. ≥ 18 years of age at the screening visit, male or female. 2. Persistent or chronic ITP whose average number of platelet at the screening visit and pre-dose (at least 1 day apart) is \< 30 × 10\^9/L, and not \> 35 × 10\^9/L for any of two tests. No severe bleeding within 4 weeks prior to the screening visit. 3. Patients who have received and failed at least 1 first line of ITP therapy (glucocorticoids and/or intravenous gamma globulin), or who are contraindicated, intolerable, or refuse standard therapy. 4. Patients will be allowed to use a stable dose of concomitant drugs for the treatment of ITP. e.g., glucocorticoid, danazol, immunosuppressant (azathioprine, cyclosporine A, mycophenolate mofetil) and eltrombopag. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Other autoimmune systemic diseases other than ITP. 2. Multi-lineage immune cytopenias, such as Evan's syndrome, autoimmune pancytopenia. 3. Secondary ITP. 4. Received a vaccine within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the study drug or planned during the study. 5. Use of anticoagulants or any agents that have antiplatelet effect or can affect thrombopoiesis within 3 weeks prior to the first dose of the study drug. 6. Received blood transfusion within 1 week prior to the first dose of the study drug. 7. Received the intravenous gamma globulin, anti-D immunoglobulin, or plasmapheresis within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of the study drug. 8. Received high-dose dexamethasone or high-dose methylprednisolone within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of the study drug. 9. Received recombinant human thrombopoietin (rhTPO) within 4 weeks prior to the first does of the study drug. 10. Received rituximab or other non-rituximab anti-CD20 drugs within 6 months prior to the first does of the study drug. 11. Treated with splenectomy within 4 weeks prior to first dose of the study drug. 12. Any thromboembolic or embolic events within 12 months prior to the first does of the study drug. 13. Serum total IgG \< 700 mg/dL at the screening visit.