%0 Journal Article %A Dickinson, Michael %A Cherif, Honar %A Fenaux, Pierre %A Mittelman, Moshe %A Verma, Amit %A Portella, Maria Socorro O %A Burgess, Paul %A Ramos, Pedro Marques %A Choi, Jeea %A Platzbecker, Uwe %A SUPPORT study investigators %T Azacitidine with or without eltrombopag for first-line treatment of intermediate- or high-risk MDS with thrombocytopenia. %D 2018 %U https://hdl.handle.net/10668/27323 %X Azacitidine treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) generally exacerbates thrombocytopenia during the first treatment cycles. A Study of Eltrombopag in Myelodysplastic Syndromes Receiving Azacitidine (SUPPORT), a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, investigated the platelet supportive effects of eltrombopag given concomitantly with azacitidine. International Prognostic Scoring System intermediate-1, intermediate-2, or high-risk MDS patients with baseline platelets %~