Helicobacter Pylori Treatment in Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection is effective in the improvement of platelet counts in children and adolescents with chronic ITP.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
• Collaborator: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
• Treatments: Clarithromycin; Furazolidone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• clinical diagnosis of chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura

• children and adolescents up to 20 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• known hypersensitivity to any of the drugs

• recent treatment for H. pylori eradication