2024
Hematocrit control and thrombotic risk in patients with polycythemia vera treated with ruxolitinib in clinical practice
Chojecki A, Boselli D, Dortilus A, Hamadeh I, Begley S, Chen T, Bose R, Podoltsev N, Zeidan A, Balmaceda N, Yacoub A, Ai J, Knight T, Ragon B, Shah N, Sanikommu S, Symanowski J, Mesa R, Grunwald M. Hematocrit control and thrombotic risk in patients with polycythemia vera treated with ruxolitinib in clinical practice. Annals Of Hematology 2024, 103: 2837-2843. PMID: 38662203, PMCID: PMC11283405, DOI: 10.1007/s00277-024-05735-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFollow-up durationPolycythemia veraThrombotic riskClinical practiceMedian follow-up durationHematocrit controlHematocrit levelsCohort study of patientsLow thrombotic riskUS Food and Drug AdministrationMonths of treatmentRisk of thrombosisStudy of patientsJanus kinase inhibitorsResponse to hydroxyureaFood and Drug AdministrationRed blood cell productionBlood cell productionCytoreductive treatmentPainful splenomegalyDose adjustmentMyeloproliferative neoplasmsPlatelet countThrombotic eventsArterial thromboses
2023
Phase 1/2 Study of the Pan-PIM Kinase Inhibitor INCB053914 Alone or in Combination With Standard-of-Care Agents in Patients With Advanced Hematologic Malignancies
Patel M, Donnellan W, Byrne M, Asch A, Zeidan A, Baer M, Fathi A, Kuykendall A, Zheng F, Walker C, Cheng L, Marando C, Savona M. Phase 1/2 Study of the Pan-PIM Kinase Inhibitor INCB053914 Alone or in Combination With Standard-of-Care Agents in Patients With Advanced Hematologic Malignancies. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2023, 23: 674-686. PMID: 37290996, DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2023.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-emergent adverse eventsDose-limiting toxicityAdvanced hematologic malignanciesAcute myeloid leukemiaMyelodysplastic syndromeHematologic malignanciesCare agentsHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeMDS/myeloproliferative neoplasmPhase 1/2 studyEffective combination strategiesAdverse eventsComplete responseLymphoproliferative neoplasmsWeek 12Multiple myelomaSpleen volumeAcute leukemiaMyeloid leukemiaPreclinical modelsPatientsMyeloproliferative neoplasmsMoloney murine leukemia virus (PIM) kinasesMyelofibrosisKinase inhibitorsSecond malignancies among older patients with classical myeloproliferative neoplasms treated with hydroxyurea
Wang R, Shallis R, Stempel JM, Huntington SF, Zeidan AM, Gore SD, Ma X, Podoltsev NA. Second malignancies among older patients with classical myeloproliferative neoplasms treated with hydroxyurea. Blood Advances 2023, 7: 734-743. PMID: 35917456, PMCID: PMC9989521, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecond malignanciesAcute myeloid leukemiaOlder patientsMyelodysplastic syndromeMyeloproliferative neoplasmsHU usersHigh riskPolycythemia veraEssential thrombocythemiaRisk of SMAML/myelodysplastic syndromeClassical Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasmsImpact of hydroxyureaRetrospective cohort studyUse of hydroxyureaPhiladelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasmsClassical myeloproliferative neoplasmsCumulative incidence probabilityCohort studyCytoreductive therapyPatient characteristicsMedian ageHU useMyeloid leukemiaSecondary myelofibrosis
2022
Concealed by the convenient: acquired von Willebrand syndrome in myeloproliferative neoplasm requires a thorough evaluation
Stempel JM, Podoltsev NA, Zeidan AM, Lee AI, Shallis RM. Concealed by the convenient: acquired von Willebrand syndrome in myeloproliferative neoplasm requires a thorough evaluation. Annals Of Hematology 2022, 101: 2559-2561. PMID: 35984499, DOI: 10.1007/s00277-022-04943-3.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2018
Use of Statins, Survival and Incidence of Thrombosis Among Older Adults with Polycythemia Vera: A Population-Based Study
Podoltsev N, Zhu M, Wang R, Zeidan A, Wang X, Davidoff A, Huntington S, Giri S, Gore S, Ma X. Use of Statins, Survival and Incidence of Thrombosis Among Older Adults with Polycythemia Vera: A Population-Based Study. Blood 2018, 132: 3580. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-119272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStatin usersImpact of statinsLog-rank testRisk of thrombosisOverall survivalPercentage of daysPV patientsMyeloproliferative neoplasmsPV diagnosisMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelContinuous Medicare Parts ACox proportional hazards modelCardiovascular risk factorsEnd Results-MedicareErythropoietin-independent erythroid colony formationBetter overall survivalKaplan-Meier curvesType of statinPopulation-based cohortNumber of phlebotomiesEnd of studyProportional hazards modelPart DMedicare Part AHealth maintenance organization