2023
Post Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Outcomes Following Response to Hypomethylating Agent Therapy in Myelodysplastic Syndromes Are Predicted By Persistent International Prognostic Scoring System-Molecular Risk
Frumm S, Kim H, Kelkar A, Ho V, Gooptu M, Gibson C, Koreth J, Shapiro R, Romee R, Nikiforow S, Antin J, Soiffer R, Rolles B, Shimony S, Bewersdorf J, Kewan T, Alhajahjeh A, Luskin M, Garcia J, Chen E, Lane A, Wadleigh M, Winer E, Stone R, DeAngelo D, Zeidan A, Lindsley C, Cutler C, Stahl M. Post Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Outcomes Following Response to Hypomethylating Agent Therapy in Myelodysplastic Syndromes Are Predicted By Persistent International Prognostic Scoring System-Molecular Risk. Blood 2023, 142: 3618. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-185220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHematopoietic stem cell transplantBlood count recoveryPost-HCT outcomesComplete remissionTime of diagnosisMyelodysplastic syndromeOverall survivalHigh riskLower riskAgent therapyCount recoveryMolecular riskInternational Working Group response criteriaShorter median overall survivalResponse criteriaDana-Farber Cancer InstituteHCT comorbidity indexImportant prognostic impactTAC/sirolimusHost disease (GVHD) prophylaxisMedian overall survivalProgression-free survivalStem cell transplantBone marrow biopsyFuture prospective studies
2019
Hypomethylating agent (HMA) therapy use and survival in older adults with Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB) in the United States (USA): a large propensity score-matched population-based study†
Davidoff AJ, Hu X, Bewersdorf JP, Wang R, Podoltsev NA, Huntington SF, Gore SD, Ma X, Zeidan AM. Hypomethylating agent (HMA) therapy use and survival in older adults with Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB) in the United States (USA): a large propensity score-matched population-based study†. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2019, 61: 1178-1187. PMID: 31878809, PMCID: PMC7735409, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1703970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeExcess blastsRefractory anemiaOverall survival benefitRetrospective cohort studyMedian OSOS benefitRAEB patientsCohort studySurvival benefitTherapy useMyelodysplastic syndromeClinical trialsLower riskMedicare dataPatientsPropensity scoreOlder adultsDiagnosisAnemiaQuartileUnited StatesAssociationEnd resultOS