SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) announces that its partner GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc has started a Phase 3 study to evaluate the platelet supportive care effects of eltrombopag (Promacta™/Revolade™) in combination with azacitidine (the current standard of care) versus placebo in combination with azacitidine in intermediate-1, intermediate-2 or high-risk patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The global SUPPORT (TRC112121) study will assess the proportion of patients who are platelet transfusion free during the first four cycles of treatment.
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