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
Counseling patients with higher-risk MDS regarding survival with azacitidine therapy: are we using realistic estimates?
Zeidan AM, Stahl M, DeVeaux M, Giri S, Huntington S, Podoltsev N, Wang R, Ma X, Davidoff AJ, Gore SD. Counseling patients with higher-risk MDS regarding survival with azacitidine therapy: are we using realistic estimates? Blood Cancer Journal 2018, 8: 55. PMID: 29891916, PMCID: PMC5995881, DOI: 10.1038/s41408-018-0081-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Connect MDS/AML: design of the myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia disease registry, a prospective observational cohort study
Steensma DP, Abedi M, Bejar R, Cogle CR, Foucar K, Garcia-Manero G, George TI, Grinblatt D, Komrokji R, Ma X, Maciejewski J, Pollyea DA, Savona MR, Scott B, Sekeres MA, Thompson MA, Swern AS, Nifenecker M, Sugrue MM, Erba H. Connect MDS/AML: design of the myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia disease registry, a prospective observational cohort study. BMC Cancer 2016, 16: 652. PMID: 27538433, PMCID: PMC4991094, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2710-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaObservational cohort studyDisease RegistryCohort studyClinical outcomesPatient-reported health-related qualityProspective observational cohort studyBaseline patient characteristicsHigh-risk MDSHealth-related qualityNon-interventional studyPatient-reported outcomesLower-risk MDSHealth economic outcomesMinimal diagnostic criteriaRoutine clinical settingNatural history studiesBackgroundMyelodysplastic syndromesPersistent cytopeniasOlder patientsPatient characteristicsTreatment patternsAlternate diagnosisCentral reviewMyelodysplastic syndrome