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Is there greater efficacy of TPO-RA in patients who have undergone a splenectomy?

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Hematology · University of Wisconsin

In the pivotal clinical trials of romiplostim and eltrombopag, there was no strong relationship between splenectomy status and treatment response. In my experience, however, some splenectomized patients exhibit dramatic, rapid increases in the platelet count when treated with a TPO-RA drug, presumab...

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