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Update on the intercontinental cooperative ITP study group (ICIS) and on the pediatric and adult registry on chronic ITP (PARC ITP)
Author(s) -
Kühne Thomas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.24342
Subject(s) - medicine , blood cancer , family medicine , pediatrics , cancer
The Intercontinental Cooperative ITP Study Group (ICIS) was founded in 1997, when the American practice guidelines demonstrated that there is a substantial lack of clinical data. The aim of the group was to promote basic science and clinical research in the field of ITP. Clinical data and more recently DNA is collected to investigate children and adults with ITP. ICIS organizes regular meetings and opened several registries, the most recent being the Pediatric and Adult Registry on Chronic ITP (PARC‐ITP), all of which will be briefly discussed. There are many unanswered questions in basic science and clinical research in ITP which need large collaborative studies. The international network of ICIS may be of value in better understanding ITP. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2012; 60: S15–S18. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.