Health-Related Quality of Life of Luspatercept Versus Epoetin Alfa in Red Blood Cell Transfusion-Dependent Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Results from the Final Datacut of the Phase 3 COMMANDS Study
Oliva E, Platzbecker U, Della Porta M, Garcia-Manero G, Santini V, Fenaux P, Shortt J, Komrokji R, Pelligra C, Guo S, Yucel A, Glassberg M, Eliason L, Hnoosh A, Miteva D, Rose S, Kreitz S, Sekeres M, Zeidan A. Health-Related Quality of Life of Luspatercept Versus Epoetin Alfa in Red Blood Cell Transfusion-Dependent Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Results from the Final Datacut of the Phase 3 COMMANDS Study. Blood 2024, 144: 3216. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-198374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesReduction of red blood cellsFunctional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-AnemiaClinically important differenceEpoetin alfaMyelodysplastic syndromeRevised International Prognostic Scoring SystemInternational Prognostic Scoring SystemHealth-related qualityClinically important difference thresholdImprovement of cytopeniasMean haemoglobin increaseRBC transfusion independencePrognostic Scoring SystemPhase 3 studyStratified Cox proportional hazard regressionsFront-line treatmentOnset of improvementQLQ-C30Cox proportional hazards regressionEORTC QLQ-C30Treatment of anemiaProportional hazards regressionSuperior treatment effectsPost-baseline assessment