| Literature DB >> 30803989 |
Nathan T Connell1,2, Nancy Berliner1,2.
Abstract
Fostamatinib is a spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor recently approved for the treatment of chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in patients without adequate response to at least 1 prior line of therapy. This article reviews fostmatinib's mechanism of action and its clinical safety and efficacy in 2 industry-sponsored multicenter phase 3 randomized controlled trials in North America, Australia, and Europe (FIT1 and FIT2). Cost comparisons are discussed as well as the role of fostamatinib in relation to other options for chronic ITP.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30803989 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-11-852491
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Blood ISSN: 0006-4971 Impact factor: 22.113