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
How I treat AML incorporating the updated classifications and guidelines
Chaer F, Hourigan C, Zeidan A. How I treat AML incorporating the updated classifications and guidelines. Blood 2023, 141: 2813-2823. PMID: 36758209, PMCID: PMC10447497, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022017808.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaClinical treatment guidelinesDaily clinical practiceInternational consensus classificationSomatic genetic abnormalitiesGerm-line predispositionWorld Health OrganizationTreatment guidelinesEuropean LeukemiaNetRisk stratificationHematologic malignanciesMyeloid leukemiaNovel therapiesMyeloid neoplasmsResponse assessmentClinical practiceNew treatmentsAML biologyConsensus classificationGenetic abnormalitiesTesting guidelinesHealth OrganizationGenetic driversRecent updatesTreatmentImproved benefit of continuing luspatercept therapy: sub-analysis of patients with lower-risk MDS in the MEDALIST study
Germing U, Fenaux P, Platzbecker U, Buckstein R, Santini V, Díez-Campelo M, Yucel A, Tang D, Fabre S, Zhang G, Zoffoli R, Ha X, Miteva D, Hughes C, Komrokji R, Zeidan A, Garcia-Manero G. Improved benefit of continuing luspatercept therapy: sub-analysis of patients with lower-risk MDS in the MEDALIST study. Annals Of Hematology 2023, 102: 311-321. PMID: 36635381, PMCID: PMC9889415, DOI: 10.1007/s00277-022-05071-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRBC transfusion burdenTransfusion burdenWeek 25Transfusion unitsRBC-TIInitial nonrespondersHemoglobin levelsErythroid responseClinical benefitRed blood cell transfusion independenceLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesPlacebo-treated patientsSerum ferritin levelsAdditional clinical benefitWeeks of treatmentLower-risk MDSTransfusion independenceFerritin levelsSerum ferritinMyelodysplastic syndromeRing sideroblastsPatientsClinical practiceLuspaterceptMaximum dose
2015
Comparative Effectiveness of Azacitidine Versus Decitabine Among Older Adults Diagnosed with Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (HR-MDS)
Zeidan A, Long J, Hall J, Wang R, Huntington S, Abel G, Prebet T, Podoltsev N, Gross C, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A. Comparative Effectiveness of Azacitidine Versus Decitabine Among Older Adults Diagnosed with Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (HR-MDS). Blood 2015, 126: 3285. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v126.23.3285.3285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeHR-MDS patientsKaplan-Meier survival curvesEnd of studyHMA initiationMedian OSClinical trialsComorbidity countHazard ratioHigh school educationClinical practiceMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelSurvival curvesEnd Results-Medicare databaseMedian household incomeRandomized phase III trialReal-world clinical practiceCox proportional hazards modelOlder MDS patientsDisability Status ScoreRetrospective cohort studyOverall survival advantagePhase III trialsYear of diagnosisErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsThe evolving field of prognostication and risk stratification in MDS: Recent developments and future directions
Lee EJ, Podoltsev N, Gore SD, Zeidan AM. The evolving field of prognostication and risk stratification in MDS: Recent developments and future directions. Blood Reviews 2015, 30: 1-10. PMID: 26119927, DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2015.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeRisk stratificationRecurrent molecular mutationsRisk stratification toolRelevant clinical outcomesPrediction of outcomeRisk/benefit calculationsClinical courseClinical outcomesStratification toolMDS patientsPrognostication toolsIndividual patientsClinical practiceMolecular testingTherapeutic interventionsPatient careTherapeutic selectionPatientsMolecular mutationsIndependent impactPrognosticationBiological heterogeneityOutcomesReliable assayEpigenetic Therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Current and Future Directions
Kim TK, Gore SD, Zeidan AM. Epigenetic Therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Current and Future Directions. Seminars In Hematology 2015, 52: 172-183. PMID: 26111464, PMCID: PMC5785931, DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2015.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaMyeloid leukemiaTreatment of AMLPathogenesis of AMLDevelopment of AMLNormal physiologic developmentHistone deacetylase inhibitorsEpigenetic therapyDNA methylationHistone methylation/acetylationTherapeutic optionsClinical evaluationDNA methyltransferase inhibitorHistone tail modificationsInhibitor of histoneMethylation/acetylationPromising drugClinical practiceTherapeutic targetingMutant isocitrate dehydrogenasesDeacetylase inhibitorsActual DNA sequenceAberrant DNA methylationPhysiologic developmentImportant mechanism