Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in the Real World: Understanding Outcome Differences and How We Can Improve Them
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Zeidan A, Xu Y, Kapustyan T, Miu K, Chen C, Kamalakar R, Lin C, Ma E, Montez M, Wu Z, Yee T, Sun H, Rava A, Kim S, Huntington S. Inequalities in Treatment Utilization Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Who Are Ineligible for Induction Therapy. Blood 2024, 144: 3795-3795. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-200213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime to treatment initiationND-AMLAssociated with lower oddsAcute myeloid leukemiaAML treatmentVEN-HMACharlson Comorbidity IndexTargeted therapyInduction therapyFemale patientsMyeloid leukemiaTreatment initiationShorter time to treatment initiationTherapy uptakeMedicare beneficiariesNewly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemiaLower oddsOdds ratioHematopoietic stem cell transplantationTime-to-treatment initiationDiagnosed acute myeloid leukemiaIn-hospital survival rateLow-dose chemotherapyClinical performance statusStem cell transplantationMDS-166 Clinical Benefit of Luspatercept Treatment in Transfusion-Dependent (TD), Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA)-Naive Patients With Very Low-, Low-, or Intermediate-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in the COMMANDS Trial
Zeidan A, Platzbecker U, Della Porta M, Santini V, Garcia-Manero G, Li J, Kreitz S, Pozharskaya V, Rose S, Lai Y, Davidárcel D, Fenaux P, Shortt J, Komrokji R. MDS-166 Clinical Benefit of Luspatercept Treatment in Transfusion-Dependent (TD), Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA)-Naive Patients With Very Low-, Low-, or Intermediate-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in the COMMANDS Trial. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2024, 24: s387-s388. DOI: 10.1016/s2152-2650(24)01346-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEA patientsTransfusion-dependentRBC unitsLuspatercept treatmentRBC-TITransfusion burdenMyelodysplastic syndromeLR-MDSRBC transfusionIntermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndromesEA-treated patientsRBC transfusion independenceBone marrow blastsLowered riskTransfusion independenceMarrow blastsTreatment initiationCumulative medianLuspaterceptEpoetin alfaESA-naivePatients adultsEffective treatmentPatientsInterquartile range