Changes in Red Blood Cell Transfusion Burden with Luspatercept Versus Epoetin Alfa in Patients with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes in the Phase 3, Open-Label, Randomized, Controlled COMMANDS Trial
Garcia-Manero G, Della Porta M, Santini V, Zeidan A, Komrokji R, Fenaux P, Valcárcel D, Shortt J, Glassberg M, Yucel A, Lai Y, Miteva D, Rose S, Hnoosh A, Platzbecker U. Changes in Red Blood Cell Transfusion Burden with Luspatercept Versus Epoetin Alfa in Patients with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes in the Phase 3, Open-Label, Randomized, Controlled COMMANDS Trial. Blood 2024, 144: 1832-1832. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-198304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRegular red blood cell transfusionsLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsTreated with epoetin alfaEpoetin alfaRBC unitsLuspatercept treatmentTransfusion burdenMyelodysplastic syndromeOpen-labelFirst-in-class erythroid maturation agentRed blood cell transfusion burdenEfficacy of erythropoiesis-stimulating agentsRed blood cell transfusionErythroid maturation agentBlood cell transfusionBaseline Hb levelsArm of treatmentRBC-TICell transfusionMedian ageResponse durabilityChronic anemiaHb levelsLuspaterceptLuspatercept versus epoetin alfa in erythropoiesis-stimulating agent-naive, transfusion-dependent, lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (COMMANDS): primary analysis of a phase 3, open-label, randomised, controlled trial
Della Porta M, Garcia-Manero G, Santini V, Zeidan A, Komrokji R, Shortt J, Valcárcel D, Jonasova A, Dimicoli-Salazar S, Tiong I, Lin C, Li J, Zhang J, Pilot R, Kreitz S, Pozharskaya V, Keeperman K, Rose S, Prebet T, Lai Y, Degulys A, Paolini S, Cluzeau T, Fenaux P, Platzbecker U. Luspatercept versus epoetin alfa in erythropoiesis-stimulating agent-naive, transfusion-dependent, lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (COMMANDS): primary analysis of a phase 3, open-label, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Haematology 2024, 11: e646-e658. PMID: 39038479, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(24)00203-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesRed blood cell transfusion independenceTreatment-emergent adverse eventsMedian follow-upEpoetin alfa groupMyelodysplastic syndromeLuspatercept groupTransfusion-dependentSerum erythropoietin concentrationPrimary endpointEpoetin alfaTransfusion independenceOpen-labelAlfa groupAdverse eventsFollow-upRed blood cell transfusion burdenErythropoietin concentrationIntention-to-treat populationControlled trialsCommon grade 3Epoetin alfa recipientsMean haemoglobin increasePrimary analysisProportion of patients