Trial protocol: a multicentre randomised trial of first-line treatment pathways for newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia: standard steroid treatment versus combined steroid and mycophenolate. The FLIGHT trial

Pell, Julie, Greenwood, Rosemary, Ingram, Jenny, Wale, Katherine, Thomas, Ian, Kandiyali, Rebecca, Mumford, Andrew, Dick, Andrew, Bagot, Catherine, Cooper, Nichola, Hill, Quentin and Bradbury, Charlotte Ann 2018. Trial protocol: a multicentre randomised trial of first-line treatment pathways for newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia: standard steroid treatment versus combined steroid and mycophenolate. The FLIGHT trial. BMJ Open 8 (10) , e024427. 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024427

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Abstract

Introduction Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune condition that may cause thrombocytopenia-related bleeding. Current first-line ITP treatment is with high-dose corticosteroids but frequent side effects, heterogeneous responses and high relapse rates are significant problems with only 20% remaining in sustained remission with this approach. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is often used as the next treatment with efficacy in 50%–80% of patients and good tolerability but can take up to 2 months to work. Objective To test the hypothesis that MMF combined with corticosteroid is a more effective first-line treatment for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) than current standard of corticosteroid alone. Design Multicentre, UK-based, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Setting Haematology departments in secondary care. Participants We plan to recruit 120 patients >16 years old with a diagnosis of ITP and a platelet count <30x109/L who require first-line treatment. Patients will be followed up for a minimum of 12 months following randomisation. Primary outcome Time from randomisation to treatment failure defined as platelets <30x109/L and a need for second-line treatment. Secondary outcomes Side effects, bleeding events, remission rates, time to relapse, time to next therapy, cumulative corticosteroid dose, rescue therapy, splenectomy, socioeconomic costs, patient-reported outcomes (quality of life, fatigue, impact of bleeding, care costs). Analysis The sample size of 120 achieves a 91.5% power to detect a doubling of the median time to treatment failure from 5 to 10 months. This will be expressed as an HR with 95% CI, median time to event if more than 50% have had an event and illustrated with Kaplan-Meier curves. Cost-effectiveness will be based on the first 12 months from diagnosis.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR) Medicine
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	2044-6055
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	5 November 2018
Date of Acceptance:	25 September 2018
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 12:09
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/116456

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