2019
Clinical Effectiveness of Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) and Lenalidomide (Len) in Older Patients (pts) with Refractory Anemia with Ring Sideroblasts: A Large Population-Based Study in the United States (US)
Wang X, Wang R, Zhang C, Zeidan A, Podoltsev N, Huntington S, Gore S, Davidoff A, Ma X. Clinical Effectiveness of Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) and Lenalidomide (Len) in Older Patients (pts) with Refractory Anemia with Ring Sideroblasts: A Large Population-Based Study in the United States (US). Blood 2019, 134: 4748. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-128821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPopulation-based studyLR-MDSMedian overall survivalOverall survivalClinical effectivenessHypomethylating agentCelgene CorporationMedian durationRed blood cellsMedian timeRing sideroblastsBoehringer IngelheimAdvisory CommitteeLarge population-based studyDaiichi SankyoOlder adultsAbnormal erythroid precursorsTransfusion independence rateEnd Results-MedicareHigh-risk MDSErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsKaplan-Meier statisticsComparative clinical effectivenessEnd of studyPart D coverage
2018
Transfusion Independence in Lower-Risk, Non-del5(q) Myelodysplastic Syndromes (LR-MDS) Among Patients (pts) Initiating Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) While Receiving Red Blood Cell (RBC) Transfusions
Zeidan A, Zhu W, Wang R, Stahl M, Huntington S, Giri S, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A. Transfusion Independence in Lower-Risk, Non-del5(q) Myelodysplastic Syndromes (LR-MDS) Among Patients (pts) Initiating Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) While Receiving Red Blood Cell (RBC) Transfusions. Blood 2018, 132: 838. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-116497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRBC transfusion independenceHMA initiationTransfusion independenceTransfusion dependenceLR-MDSClinical trial dataHypomethylating agentTransfusion statusMedian timeMedian TI durationCox modelContinuous Medicare Parts ATrial dataRed blood cell transfusionDiagnosis of MDSRBC transfusion dependenceSubset of ptsBlood cell transfusionEnd Results-MedicareErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsHigh-risk diseaseMultivariate Cox modelTreatment of MDSEnd of studyTI duration