2021
Ruxolitinib discontinuation in polycythemia vera: Patient characteristics, outcomes, and salvage strategies from a large multi-institutional database
Tremblay D, Ronner L, Podoltsev N, Gotlib J, Heaney M, Kuykendall A, O'Connell C, Shammo JM, Fleischman A, Mesa R, Yacoub A, Hoffman R, Moshier E, Zubizarreta N, Mascarenhas J. Ruxolitinib discontinuation in polycythemia vera: Patient characteristics, outcomes, and salvage strategies from a large multi-institutional database. Leukemia Research 2021, 109: 106629. PMID: 34082375, DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2021.106629.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-institutional databaseRuxolitinib discontinuationPolycythemia veraLarge multi-institutional databaseAvailable salvage therapiesDiscontinuation of ruxolitinibTreatment of patientsFurther therapeutic developmentLast followSalvage therapyCytoreductive therapyAdverse eventsPatient characteristicsThrombotic eventsTreatment initiationSimilar patientsDisease characteristicsDismal outcomeFavorable outcomeSalvage strategyPV patientsDiscontinuationInterferon αPatientsRuxolitinib
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 claimsPhase 1b Study of the Epichaperome Inhibitor PU-H71 Administered Orally with Ruxolitinib Continuation for the Treatment of Patients with Myelofibrosis
Pemmaraju N, Gundabolu K, Pettit K, Talpaz M, Podoltsev N, Schiller G, Eisenberg P, Youssoufian H, Duggan S, Wallner B, Verstovsek S. Phase 1b Study of the Epichaperome Inhibitor PU-H71 Administered Orally with Ruxolitinib Continuation for the Treatment of Patients with Myelofibrosis. Blood 2019, 134: 4178. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-130310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhase 1b studyJazz PharmaceuticalsExpansion cohortPU-H71Daiichi SankyoMyeloproliferative Neoplasm Symptom Assessment Form Total Symptom ScoreInternational Working Group-Myeloproliferative Neoplasms ResearchPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsAdvisory CommitteeDose-expansion cohortsHigh-risk myelofibrosisPhase 2 doseSerum cytokine profilesBaseline platelet countDose-ranging studySpeakers bureauVentricular ejection fractionAST/ALTDose-escalation designTotal symptom scoreBlood mononuclear cellsDisease-related symptomsTreatment of patientsBone marrow histologyPost-PV myelofibrosis