2021
Contemporary practice patterns of tyrosine kinase inhibitor use among older patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in the United States
Shallis RM, Wang R, Bewersdorf JP, Zeidan AM, Davidoff AJ, Huntington SF, Podoltsev NA, Ma X. Contemporary practice patterns of tyrosine kinase inhibitor use among older patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in the United States. Therapeutic Advances In Hematology 2021, 12: 20406207211043404. PMID: 35154624, PMCID: PMC8832334, DOI: 10.1177/20406207211043404.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic phase chronic myeloid leukemiaFrontline tyrosine kinase inhibitorsTyrosine kinase inhibitorsOlder patientsChronic myeloid leukemiaTKI switchingMyeloid leukemiaSecond-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitorsBCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitorsTyrosine kinase inhibitor useOlder CML patientsEnd Results-MedicareFavorable safety profileSpecific patient populationsContemporary practice patternsFrontline imatinibTKI choiceGreater comorbidityMost patientsInhibitor usePatient characteristicsWhite patientsDiagnosis yearTKI useCML patients
2019
RBC transfusion independence among lower risk MDS patients receiving hypomethylating agents: a population-level analysis
Zeidan AM, Zhu W, Stahl M, Wang R, Huntington SF, Giri S, Podoltsev NA, Gore SD, Ma X, Davidoff AJ. RBC transfusion independence among lower risk MDS patients receiving hypomethylating agents: a population-level analysis. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2019, 60: 3181-3187. PMID: 31170846, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1622700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRBC transfusion independenceLR-MDS patientsTransfusion independenceHMA initiationRBC transfusionClinical effectivenessReal-life clinical effectivenessRed blood cell transfusionLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesLow-risk MDS patientsRisk MDS patientsBlood cell transfusionRisk myelodysplastic syndromesHMA therapyLR-MDSCell transfusionMost patientsDisease courseMDS patientsMedicare databaseMyelodysplastic syndromePopulation-level estimatesLower oddsTransfusionPatients
2018
Long Term Results of a Randomized Phase 2 Dose-Response Study of Guadecitabine, a Novel Subcutaneous (SC) Hypomethylating Agent (HMA), in 102 Patients with Intermediate or High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) or Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
Garcia-Manero G, Ritchie E, Walsh K, Savona M, Kantarjian H, Kropf P, O'Connell C, Tibes R, Daver N, Jabbour E, Lunin S, Rosenblat T, Yee K, Stock W, Griffiths E, Mace J, Podoltsev N, Berdeja J, Issa J, Naim S, Hao Y, Azab M, Roboz G. Long Term Results of a Randomized Phase 2 Dose-Response Study of Guadecitabine, a Novel Subcutaneous (SC) Hypomethylating Agent (HMA), in 102 Patients with Intermediate or High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) or Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML). Blood 2018, 132: 231. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-110465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedian overall survivalOverall survivalDose groupMyelodysplastic syndromeTreatment-naïveChronic myelomonocytic leukemiaCMML patientsBristol-Myers SquibbHypomethylating agentAdverse eventsAstex PharmaceuticalsM2 groupMDS patientsMD cohortJazz PharmaceuticalsMarrow CRBM blastsHematological improvementMost patientsSpeakers bureauDaiichi SankyoHMA treatmentJanssen PharmaceuticalsTP53 mutationsCelgene Corporation