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Treatment with pegcetacoplan resulted in a sustained improvement in haemoglobin with a mean increase from baseline of 2.7 g/dL at week 48, which is equal to the 2.7 g/dL increase seen at week 16 with pegcetacoplan-treated patients.
Though avatrombopag increased platelet counts relative to placebo as expected, the study did not meet the composite primary endpoint of avoiding platelet transfusions, chemotherapy dose reductions by 15 per cent or greater, and chemotherapy dose delays by four days or more.