2019
Clinical Outcomes of Older Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Receiving Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs): A Large Population-Based Study in the United States
Zeidan A, Wang R, Wang X, Shallis R, Podoltsev N, Bewersdorf J, Huntington S, Neparidze N, Giri S, Gore S, Davidoff A, Ma X. Clinical Outcomes of Older Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Receiving Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs): A Large Population-Based Study in the United States. Blood 2019, 134: 646. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-127398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRBC transfusion dependenceAcute myeloid leukemiaMedian overall survivalTransfusion independenceOverall survivalTransfusion dependenceHypomethylating agentCelgene CorporationHMA initiationIntensive chemotherapyOS probabilityMedian timeMultivariable analysisMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsBoehringer IngelheimAdvisory CommitteeCox proportional hazards modelDaiichi SankyoChemotherapy-related hospitalizationMo of diagnosisRBC transfusion independenceImproved overall survivalClinical trial evidenceInferior overall survivalWorse overall survival
2018
Transfusion Independence in Lower-Risk, Non-del5(q) Myelodysplastic Syndromes (LR-MDS) Among Patients (pts) Initiating Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) While Receiving Red Blood Cell (RBC) Transfusions
Zeidan A, Zhu W, Wang R, Stahl M, Huntington S, Giri S, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A. Transfusion Independence in Lower-Risk, Non-del5(q) Myelodysplastic Syndromes (LR-MDS) Among Patients (pts) Initiating Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) While Receiving Red Blood Cell (RBC) Transfusions. Blood 2018, 132: 838. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-116497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRBC transfusion independenceHMA initiationTransfusion independenceTransfusion dependenceLR-MDSClinical trial dataHypomethylating agentTransfusion statusMedian timeMedian TI durationCox modelContinuous Medicare Parts ATrial dataRed blood cell transfusionDiagnosis of MDSRBC transfusion dependenceSubset of ptsBlood cell transfusionEnd Results-MedicareErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsHigh-risk diseaseMultivariate Cox modelTreatment of MDSEnd of studyTI duration