Table 1.

Patient baseline characteristics

Total (N = 228)
Age, y  
Mean (SD) 47.9 (18.3) 
Median (IQR) 48.0 (31.0-62.0) 
Age categories, n (%)  
18-49 y 117 (51.3) 
50-64 y 66 (28.9) 
65-74 y 26 (11.4) 
≥75 y 19 (8.3) 
Gender, n(%)  
Male 84 (36.8) 
Female 144 (63.2) 
Race, n (%)  
Caucasian 101 (44.3) 
Black 2 (0.9) 
Asian 92 (40.4) 
Other 33 (14.5) 
Ethnicity, n (%)  
Arabic 47 (20.6) 
East Asian 53 (23.2) 
Southeast Asian 29 (12.7) 
South Asian 11 (4.8) 
Egyptian 25 (11.0) 
Turkish 57 (25.0) 
Other 6 (2.6) 
Time since first diagnosis, y  
Mean (SD) 5.8 (7.6) 
Median (IQR) 2.6 (0.5-8.2) 
Patients with thromboembolic events in the last 12 mo, n (%) 8 (3.5) 
Patients with prior splenectomy, n (%) 54 (23.7) 
Bleeding events in the last 12 mo, n (%) 88 (38.6) 
Mean (SD) 1.4 (0.7) 
Median (IQR) 1.0 (1.0-2.0) 
Grade 1 61 (26.8) 
Grade 2 22 (9.6) 
Grade 3 8 (3.5) 
Grade 4 2 (0.9) 
Unknown 1 (0.4) 
Platelet transfusions, n 47 
Mean (SD) 7.0 (8.2) 
Median (IQR) 3.0 (1.0-10.0) 
RBC transfusions, n 17 
Mean (SD) 2.6 (1.7) 
Median (min, max) 2.0 (1.0, 6.0) 
Whole blood transfusions, n 
Mean (SD) 2.0 (n.a.) 
Median (IQR) 2.0 (2.0-2.0) 
Patients with prior eltrombopag treatment, n 19 
Cycles, mean (SD) 1.1 (0.2) 
Cycles, median (IQR) 1.0 (1.0-1.0) 
Duration of last treatment cycle in days  
Mean (SD) 233.9 (410.9) 
Median (IQR) 85.0 (31.0-217.0) 
Maximum daily dose (mg) of the last treatment cycle   
Mean (SD) 51.3 (13.1) 
Median (IQR) 50.0 (50.0-50.0) 
Response, n (%)  
Platelet response 2 (0.9) 
Complete platelet response 6 (2.6) 
No response 8 (3.5) 
Missing 3 (1.3) 
Not applicable 209 (91.7) 
Prior ITP medications, n (%)  
40 (17.5) 
83 (36.4) 
55 (24.1) 
30 (13.2) 
≥4 20 (8.8) 
Total (N = 228)
Age, y  
Mean (SD) 47.9 (18.3) 
Median (IQR) 48.0 (31.0-62.0) 
Age categories, n (%)  
18-49 y 117 (51.3) 
50-64 y 66 (28.9) 
65-74 y 26 (11.4) 
≥75 y 19 (8.3) 
Gender, n(%)  
Male 84 (36.8) 
Female 144 (63.2) 
Race, n (%)  
Caucasian 101 (44.3) 
Black 2 (0.9) 
Asian 92 (40.4) 
Other 33 (14.5) 
Ethnicity, n (%)  
Arabic 47 (20.6) 
East Asian 53 (23.2) 
Southeast Asian 29 (12.7) 
South Asian 11 (4.8) 
Egyptian 25 (11.0) 
Turkish 57 (25.0) 
Other 6 (2.6) 
Time since first diagnosis, y  
Mean (SD) 5.8 (7.6) 
Median (IQR) 2.6 (0.5-8.2) 
Patients with thromboembolic events in the last 12 mo, n (%) 8 (3.5) 
Patients with prior splenectomy, n (%) 54 (23.7) 
Bleeding events in the last 12 mo, n (%) 88 (38.6) 
Mean (SD) 1.4 (0.7) 
Median (IQR) 1.0 (1.0-2.0) 
Grade 1 61 (26.8) 
Grade 2 22 (9.6) 
Grade 3 8 (3.5) 
Grade 4 2 (0.9) 
Unknown 1 (0.4) 
Platelet transfusions, n 47 
Mean (SD) 7.0 (8.2) 
Median (IQR) 3.0 (1.0-10.0) 
RBC transfusions, n 17 
Mean (SD) 2.6 (1.7) 
Median (min, max) 2.0 (1.0, 6.0) 
Whole blood transfusions, n 
Mean (SD) 2.0 (n.a.) 
Median (IQR) 2.0 (2.0-2.0) 
Patients with prior eltrombopag treatment, n 19 
Cycles, mean (SD) 1.1 (0.2) 
Cycles, median (IQR) 1.0 (1.0-1.0) 
Duration of last treatment cycle in days  
Mean (SD) 233.9 (410.9) 
Median (IQR) 85.0 (31.0-217.0) 
Maximum daily dose (mg) of the last treatment cycle   
Mean (SD) 51.3 (13.1) 
Median (IQR) 50.0 (50.0-50.0) 
Response, n (%)  
Platelet response 2 (0.9) 
Complete platelet response 6 (2.6) 
No response 8 (3.5) 
Missing 3 (1.3) 
Not applicable 209 (91.7) 
Prior ITP medications, n (%)  
40 (17.5) 
83 (36.4) 
55 (24.1) 
30 (13.2) 
≥4 20 (8.8) 

n.a., not applicable; RBC, red blood cell.

Number of transfusions for patients with ≥1 transfusion.

Prior eltrombopag treatment refers to patients who had received and discontinued eltrombopag previously but did not restart it ≥12 weeks before the eltrombopag cycle captured in the study, as described in “Methods.”

A cycle was defined as repeated administration(s) after interruption of ≥12 weeks.

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