2022
Anagrelide for platelet-directed cytoreduction in polycythemia vera: Insights into utility and safety outcomes from a large multi-center database
Rippel N, Tremblay D, Zubizarreta N, Podoltsev N, Gotlib J, Heaney M, Kuykendall A, O'Connell C, Shammo JM, Fleischman A, Kremyanskaya M, Hoffman R, Mesa R, Yacoub A, Mascarenhas J. Anagrelide for platelet-directed cytoreduction in polycythemia vera: Insights into utility and safety outcomes from a large multi-center database. Leukemia Research 2022, 119: 106903. PMID: 35717689, PMCID: PMC11583043, DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2022.106903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycythemia veraHigh-risk essential thrombocythemiaHigh-risk polycythemia veraLarge multi-centre databaseGuideline-directed managementUse of anagrelideMedian platelet countMulti-center cohortMulti-center databaseVon Willebrand diseaseANA therapyPrior thrombosisTolerability profileCytoreductive agentsMedian durationArterial thrombosesExtreme thrombocytosisPlatelet countTherapeutic endpointsSafety outcomesAnagrelideEssential thrombocythemiaClinical practicePatientsPlatelet control
2021
Clinical effectiveness of DNA methyltransferase inhibitors and lenalidomide in older patients with refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts: a population-based study in the United States
Wang X, Zeidan AM, Wang R, Bewersdorf JP, Zhang C, Podoltsev NA, Huntington SF, Gore SD, Ma X. Clinical effectiveness of DNA methyltransferase inhibitors and lenalidomide in older patients with refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts: a population-based study in the United States. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2021, 62: 2438-2447. PMID: 33899659, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2021.1913142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulation-based studyDNA methyltransferase inhibitorRARS patientsRefractory anemiaRing sideroblastsRed blood cell transfusion independenceEnd Results-Medicare databaseLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesPopulation-based cohortMethyltransferase inhibitorRBC-TIMedian durationMedian survivalOlder patientsTransfusion independenceTreatment initiationMyelodysplastic syndromeClinical effectivenessBetter survivalLenalidomideTreatment groupsPatientsRS statusOlder adultsAnemia
2020
Real-World Outcomes of Adult B-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Treated With Inotuzumab Ozogamicin
Badar T, Szabo A, Wadleigh M, Liedtke M, Arslan S, Siebenaller C, Aldoss I, Schultz E, Hefazi M, Litzow MR, Kuo E, Wang A, Curran E, Shallis RM, Podoltsev N, Balasubramanian S, Yang J, Mattison R, Burkart M, Dinner S, Advani A, Atallah E. Real-World Outcomes of Adult B-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Treated With Inotuzumab Ozogamicin. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2020, 20: 556-560.e2. PMID: 32291234, DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2020.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia patientsAcute lymphocytic leukemia patientsAllo-HCTLymphocytic leukemia patientsInotuzumab ozogamicinOverall survivalLeukemia patientsAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationMinimal residual disease negativityHematopoietic stem cell transplantationCommon grade 3Efficacy of iNOHigher adverse eventsMedian overall survivalMulticenter cohort analysisVeno-occlusive diseaseDuration of responseStem cell transplantationOverall response rateINO initiationComplete remissionMedian durationAdverse eventsMedian ageCumulative dose
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