| Literature DB >> 22938832 |
John Mascarenhas1, Mark L Heaney, Vesna Najfeld, Elizabeth Hexner, Omar Abdel-Wahab, Raajit Rampal, Farhad Ravandi, Bruce Petersen, Gail Roboz, Eric Feldman, Nikolai Podoltsev, Dan Douer, Ross Levine, Martin Tallman, Ronald Hoffman.
Abstract
Leukemic transformation (LT) of a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) is associated with a dismal prognosis and no medical therapies have shown a survival improvement in patients with MPN in blast phase (MPN-BP). Effective therapies for the treatment of MPN-BP are a serious unmet need. Consensus response criteria do not exist for the treatment of patients with MPN-BP and this is necessary for the uniformed reporting of treatment response in clinical trials. We have identified relevant MPN and MPN-BP features in order to define treatment response categories that reflect hematological, clinical, pathological, cytogenetic and molecular changes after therapeutic intervention. We plan to validate these proposed response criteria within multi-centered clinical trials.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22938832 PMCID: PMC4114151 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2012.08.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Leuk Res ISSN: 0145-2126 Impact factor: 3.156