Can a Platelet-Boosting drug speed recovery in kids with neuroblastoma?
NCT ID NCT06818916
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether hetrombopag, a drug that stimulates platelet production, can help children with neuroblastoma recover their platelets faster after a stem cell transplant. Thirty children will take the drug daily for up to 6 weeks. The main goal is to see if it increases the rate of platelet engraftment, which could reduce the need for platelet transfusions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Hetrombopag (a drug that stimulates platelet production)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a way to speed up platelet recovery after stem cell transplant, reducing the need for transfusions in children with neuroblastoma.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 30 children, so results may not apply broadly. The drug may not improve platelet engraftment or could cause side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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Up to 18 years
- 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: * Age\<18 years old; * Diagnosed as neuroblastoma; * ECOG ≤ 2; * First time receiving autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; * The subjects or their legal guardians agree to participate and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * ALT/AST \> 3 ULN, or TBIL \> 1.5 ULN; * Have experienced congestive heart failure, arrhythmia, peripheral arteriovenous thrombosis requiring medication treatment within one year prior to enrollment, or have experienced myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction within three months prior to enrollment; * Suffering from thromboembolic diseases; * Other situations that are not suitable for inclusion in the study determined by researchers.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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