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New trends in the treatment of immune thrombocytopenia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2022

Abstract

Treatment of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) underwent certain changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to traditional first-line therapy, thrombopoietin receptor agonists therapy and combination of immunosuppressants have achieved a stronger position in recent years.

Nevertheless, there are still refractory cases that require a more aggressive approach or the administration of the new targeted drugs outside the approved indications or studies. The COVID-19 pandemic itself and the subsequent boom in vaccination are often the only unequivocal causes of new cases of ITP dia-gnosed in the previous two years.

The aim of this article is to summarize the current treatment recommendations and highlight possible new therapeutic options according to our single-centre experience.