Proposed criteria for response assessment in patients treated in clinical trials for myeloproliferative neoplasms in blast phase (MPN-BP): Formal recommendations from the post-myeloproliferative neoplasm acute myeloid leukemia consortium

John Mascarenhas*, 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

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1500-1504
Number of pages5
JournalLeukemia Research
Volume36
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2012

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Keywords

  • Acute myeloid leukemia
  • Blast phase
  • Clinical trial
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasm
  • Response criteria

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hematology
  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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