Opinion|Videos|October 14, 2024
Real-World Data on Luspatercept in LR-MDS
Author(s)Saeed Sadeghi, MD
Saeed Sadeghi, MD, reviews real-world data on luspatercept, discussing treatment patterns and outcomes, including transfusion burden, hemoglobin increase, and other key baseline data that may differ from registrational studies in the context of managing lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS).
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Now that luspatercept has been available for a while, we have real-world data reports.
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