2019
The Impact of the 2011 European Leukemianet (ELN) Guidelines for Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative Classical Myeloproliferative Neoplasms on Therapeutic Phlebotomy and Hydroxyurea Use in Patients with Polycythemia Vera and Essential Thrombocythemia
Podoltsev N, Wang R, Shallis R, Huntington S, Zeidan A, Gore S, Davidoff A, Ma X. The Impact of the 2011 European Leukemianet (ELN) Guidelines for Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative Classical Myeloproliferative Neoplasms on Therapeutic Phlebotomy and Hydroxyurea Use in Patients with Polycythemia Vera and Essential Thrombocythemia. Blood 2019, 134: 2125. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-127563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTherapeutic phlebotomyPopulation-based cohortPV patientsELN guidelinesET patientsPolycythemia veraEssential thrombocythemiaGuideline publicationCelgene CorporationCytoreductive therapyHU useMonthly proportionBoehringer IngelheimLarge population-based cohortAdvisory CommitteeDaiichi SankyoOlder adultsEuropean LeukemiaNet guidelinesEnd Results-MedicareProportion of patientsHealthcare Common Procedure Coding System codesPopulation-based studyPatterns of careTreatment of patientsPart D claimsIncidence and Risk Factors of Second Malignancies Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Newly-Diagnosed Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative Classical Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Receiving Cytoreductive Therapy with Hydroxyurea
Wang R, Shallis R, Huntington S, Zeidan A, Gore S, Davidoff A, Ma X, Podoltsev N. Incidence and Risk Factors of Second Malignancies Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Newly-Diagnosed Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative Classical Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Receiving Cytoreductive Therapy with Hydroxyurea. Blood 2019, 134: 330. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-127568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyeloid hematological malignanciesHU usersPopulation-based studyHematological malignanciesCumulative incidenceCelgene CorporationMPN diagnosisCytoreductive therapySolid malignanciesGray's testPolycythemia veraMPN patientsEssential thrombocythemiaContinuous Part D coverageBoehringer IngelheimAdvisory CommitteeLarge population-based studyDaiichi SankyoImpact of hydroxyureaRetrospective cohort studyElixhauser comorbidity scorePV/ET myelofibrosisRisk regression modelsSAS version 9.4Part D coverage
2018
The impact of phlebotomy and hydroxyurea on survival and risk of thrombosis among older patients with polycythemia vera
Podoltsev NA, Zhu M, Zeidan AM, Wang R, Wang X, Davidoff AJ, Huntington SF, Giri S, Gore SD, Ma X. The impact of phlebotomy and hydroxyurea on survival and risk of thrombosis among older patients with polycythemia vera. Blood Advances 2018, 2: 2681-2690. PMID: 30333100, PMCID: PMC6199652, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018021436.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of thrombosisPV patientsOverall survivalThrombotic eventsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsEnd Results-Medicare databaseHigh-risk PV patientsCox proportional hazards modelOlder adultsImpact of phlebotomyRetrospective cohort studyPopulation-based studyProportional hazards modelEffect of phlebotomyOutcomes of interestPolycythemia vera patientsContemporary clinical practiceImproved OSCohort studyCytoreductive therapyOlder patientsTherapeutic phlebotomyTreatment modalitiesCurrent guidelinesLower risk