2020
Clinical outcomes of older patients with AML receiving hypomethylating agents: a large population-based study in the United States
Zeidan AM, Wang R, Wang X, Shallis RM, Podoltsev NA, Bewersdorf JP, Huntington SF, Neparidze N, Giri S, Gore SD, Davidoff AJ, Ma X. Clinical outcomes of older patients with AML receiving hypomethylating agents: a large population-based study in the United States. Blood Advances 2020, 4: 2192-2201. PMID: 32433746, PMCID: PMC7252544, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001779.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaDecitabine-treated patientsTransfusion independenceRed blood cell transfusion independenceLarge population-based studyOlder AML patientsRBC transfusion independenceEnd Results-MedicarePopulation-based studyStandard of careAgent azacitidineMedian survivalOlder patientsIntensive therapyAML patientsClinical outcomesClinical benefitMyeloid leukemiaMortality riskPatientsAzacitidineDecitabineOlder adultsOne-thirdMeaningful differences
2015
Deferasirox therapy is associated with reduced mortality risk in a medicare population with myelodysplastic syndromes
Zeidan AM, Hendrick F, Friedmann E, Baer MR, Gore SD, Sasane M, Paley C, Davidoff AJ. Deferasirox therapy is associated with reduced mortality risk in a medicare population with myelodysplastic syndromes. Journal Of Comparative Effectiveness Research 2015, 4: 327-340. PMID: 26274794, PMCID: PMC5549705, DOI: 10.2217/cer.15.20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeMortality riskDeferasirox therapyOlder MDS patientsICD-9 codesIron chelation therapyEnd of studyMarginal structural modelsTransfusion thresholdMDS patientsMedicare patientsChelation therapyMedicare claimsMedicare populationPatientsBlood unitsAbstractTextTherapySignificant reductionSyndromeRiskWeeksMortality