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.