2024
Hematocrit control and thrombotic risk in patients with polycythemia vera treated with ruxolitinib in clinical practice
Chojecki A, Boselli D, Dortilus A, Hamadeh I, Begley S, Chen T, Bose R, Podoltsev N, Zeidan A, Balmaceda N, Yacoub A, Ai J, Knight T, Ragon B, Shah N, Sanikommu S, Symanowski J, Mesa R, Grunwald M. Hematocrit control and thrombotic risk in patients with polycythemia vera treated with ruxolitinib in clinical practice. Annals Of Hematology 2024, 103: 2837-2843. PMID: 38662203, PMCID: PMC11283405, DOI: 10.1007/s00277-024-05735-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFollow-up durationPolycythemia veraThrombotic riskClinical practiceMedian follow-up durationHematocrit controlHematocrit levelsCohort study of patientsLow thrombotic riskUS Food and Drug AdministrationMonths of treatmentRisk of thrombosisStudy of patientsJanus kinase inhibitorsResponse to hydroxyureaFood and Drug AdministrationRed blood cell productionBlood cell productionCytoreductive treatmentPainful splenomegalyDose adjustmentMyeloproliferative neoplasmsPlatelet countThrombotic eventsArterial thromboses
2023
Sabatolimab in Combination with Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) Was Safe in Patients (Pts) with Intermediate-, High-, or Very-High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
Garcia-Manero G, Lyons R, Nandal S, Ashraf M, Thellaboina R, Ruckel-Kumar J, Menssen H, Zeidan A. Sabatolimab in Combination with Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) Was Safe in Patients (Pts) with Intermediate-, High-, or Very-High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS). Blood 2023, 142: 4606. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-186490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeAdverse eventsHematologic improvementPartial remissionMyelodysplastic syndromeHypomethylating agentMarrow CRInterim analysisStable diseaseData cutoffLast doseInternational Prognostic Scoring System criteriaResponse rateCount decreaseCycle 1 day 1Second-line treatment optionExtension phaseHematologic adverse eventsNeutrophil count decreaseOral hypomethylating agentPhase Ib studySerious adverse eventsFatal adverse eventsMonths of treatmentSingle-arm study
2021
MDS-364: STIMULUS MDS-US Trial in Progress: Evaluating Sabatolimab in Combination with Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) in Patients with Intermediate-, High-, or Very High–Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Zeidan A, DeZern A, Borate U, Kobata K, Sadek I, Sabo J, Purkayastha D, Ramos P, Sun H, Lyons R, Garcia-Manero G. MDS-364: STIMULUS MDS-US Trial in Progress: Evaluating Sabatolimab in Combination with Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) in Patients with Intermediate-, High-, or Very High–Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS). Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2021, 21: s348-s349. DOI: 10.1016/s2152-2650(21)01808-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeMyelodysplastic syndromeHypomethylating agentAdverse eventsInvestigator's choiceCR/PRHematopoietic stem cell transplantDuration of CROral hypomethylating agentLeukemia-free survivalPhase Ib studyPhase II studySerious adverse eventsComplete remission ratePercentage of patientsProgression-free survivalMonths of treatmentStem cell transplantFavorable safety profileExperience poor outcomesNormal hematopoietic stem cellsMultiple phase IMyeloid leukemic cellsEligible patientsOral decitabine