Objectives: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown antitumor activity against a wide variety of malignancies. ICI-induced immune-related thrombocytopenia is a rare immune-related adverse event (irAE). Little is known about the treatment of refractory immune-related thrombocytopenia in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with pembrolizumab.
Results: We report the case of a patient with advanced NSCLC complicated by pembrolizumab-induced refractory immune-related thrombocytopenia who showed remarkable improvement in the thrombocytopenia in response to eltrombopag olamine treatment.
Conclusion: Eltrombopag olamine can be a viable treatment option for refractory pembrolizumab-induced immune-related thrombocytopenia in an NSCLC patient.
Keywords: eltrombopag olamine; immune-related thrombocytopenia; non-small cell lung cancer; pembrolizumab; rituximab.
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