January 22, 2021
JAK inhibitors designed for the treatment of myelofibrosis address the splenic response and constitutional symptoms associated with the disease, but the agents are inherently myelosuppressive and can exacerbate anemia and thrombocytopenia.
January 19, 2021
In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Naveen Pemmaraju, MD, discussed the potential role of an add-back strategy as treatment of patients with myelofibrosis who no longer benefited from prior ruxolitinib.
January 12, 2021
Twenty-four or more cycles of fedratinib was well-tolerated in patients with intermediate- or high-risk myelofibrosis treated in either the phase 1/2 TED12015 study or the phase 1 TED12037 study. The long-term safety and tolerability results of fedratinib.
January 09, 2021
John O. Mascarenhas, MD, discusses the current treatment options for patients with myelofibrosis.
December 28, 2020
When patients with myelofibrosis who required hematopoietic stem cell transplant received a conditioning regimen of thiotepa, busulfan, and fludarabine along with 2 two alkylating agents, the subsequent transplants were nearly all successful.
December 16, 2020
Srdan Verstovsek, MD, PhD, discusses how research and future clinical trials can better determine the benefit of ruxolitinib as treatment of patients with myelofibrosis, which is often measured in improvements in the quality of life and spleen reductions.
December 15, 2020
Patients with myelofibrosis who receive ruxolitinib appear to face a higher risk of second primary malignancy; these risks are suggested to be even higher in men and patients with a history of arterial thrombosis and prolonged hydroxycarbamide exposure.
December 13, 2020
During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspectives event, Andrew Kuykendall, MD, assistant member, Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, discussed the use of ruxolitinib as treatment of 67-year-old patients with polycythemia vera.
December 08, 2020
A study presented during the 2020 ASH Annual Meeting has suggested that certain driver mutations for myeloproliferative neoplasms can be traced back to when they were acquired as early as in utero.
December 07, 2020
Luspatercept demonstrated clinical efficacy and a tolerable safety profile in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative neoplasms with ring sideroblasts and thrombocytosis who were enrolled in the MEDALIST trial.