2016
Characterization of Real World Treatment Patterns and Outcomes Among Older Adults with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in the Pre Novel-Agents Era: An Analysis of the 2007-2013 SEER-Medicare Database
Mato A, Jahnke J, Li P, Mehra M, Ladage V, Mahler M, Huntington S, Doshi J. Characterization of Real World Treatment Patterns and Outcomes Among Older Adults with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in the Pre Novel-Agents Era: An Analysis of the 2007-2013 SEER-Medicare Database. Blood 2016, 128: 4773. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v128.22.4773.4773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic lymphocytic leukemiaOlder CLL patientsOverall survivalTreatment initiationCox regressionCLL patientsClinical trialsFirst treatmentNovel agentsChlorambucil monotherapyOlder adultsLymphocytic leukemiaMedicare feeClinical practiceLow-income subsidy statusReal-world treatment patternsRecent landmark clinical trialsCLL/SLL patientsLogistic regressionOlder individualsAdvisory CommitteeGilead SciencesReal-world outcome dataAnemia/thrombocytopeniaApproval of ibrutinibPlatelet Disorders: Diagnostic Tests and Their Interpretations
Huntington S, O’Hara M, Bennett J. Platelet Disorders: Diagnostic Tests and Their Interpretations. 2016, 171-183. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30352-9_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensive care unitCare unitIntensive care unit stayConcurrent illnessHospital mortalityUnit stayTreatable causeVenous thrombosisHemostatic abnormalitiesBlood productsNormal rangeClinical practiceThrombocytopeniaNormal platelet physiologyPatientsNormal individualsDiagnostic testsThrombocytosisNormal hemostasisIntensive unitPlatelet physiologyPlateletsAppropriate concernTransfusionThrombosis
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 agents