Hey Amber & Paula,
Marrowforums member Sally C's husband is in the NIH trial of eltrombopag for MDS. The drug is also called Promacta.
You can read about Sally's husband's experience in
this thread. I'm sure she'd be happy to correspond with you about the trial; you could send her a private message.
NIH presented a paper on the eltrombopag trial for SAA at the recent ASH meeting. You can read the abstract
here, and you could probably get a copy of the full paper from the docs at NIH.
As I read it, 41% responded to the drug; 32% had platelet responses good enough to make them transfusion independent for eight weeks or more.
Hope that helps.
Take care!
Greg
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