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Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2009

Lenalidomide plus prednisone results in durable clinical, histopathologic, and molecular responses in patients with myelofibrosis.

Alfonso Quintás-Cardama, Hagop M Kantarjian, Taghi Manshouri, Deborah Thomas, Jorge Cortes, Farhad Ravandi, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, Alessandra Ferrajoli, Carlos Bueso-Ramos, Srdan Verstovsek

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Version 2.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2016
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  2. Janus kinase-1 and Janus kinase-2 inhibitors for treating myelofibrosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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  3. Philadelphia-negative classical myeloproliferative neoplasms: critical concepts and management recommendations from European LeukemiaNet.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2011
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  19. Novel Therapies in Myelofibrosis: Beyond JAK Inhibitors.Current hematologic malignancy reports · 2022
    Review
  20. PD-1/PD-L1, MDSC Pathways, and Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alfonso Quintás-CardamaDepartment of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Hagop M Kantarjian
Taghi Manshouri
Deborah Thomas
Jorge Cortes
Farhad Ravandi
Guillermo Garcia-Manero
Alessandra Ferrajoli
Carlos Bueso-Ramos
Srdan Verstovsek
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the safety and efficacy of the combination of lenalidomide and prednisone in patients with myelofibrosis (MF). PATIENTS AND

methodsForty patients with MF were treated. Therapy consisted of lenalidomide 10 mg/d (5 mg/d if baseline platelet count < 100 x 10(9)/L) on days 1 through 21 of a 28-day cycle for six cycles, in combination with prednisone 30 mg/d orally during cycle 1, 15 mg/d during cycle 2, and 15 mg/d every other day during cycle 3. Lenalidomide therapy was continued indefinitely in patients exhibiting clinical benefit.

resultsThe median follow-up was 22 months (range, 6 to 27). Responses were recorded in 12 patients (30%) and are ongoing in 10 (25%). The median time to response was 12 weeks (range, 2 to 32). According to the International Working Group for Myelofibrosis Research and Treatment consensus criteria, three patients (7.5%) had partial response and nine patients (22.5%) had clinical improvement durable for a median of 18 months (range, 3.5 to 24+). Overall response rates were 30% for anemia and 42% for splenomegaly. Moreover, 10 of 11 assessable responders who started therapy with reticulin fibrosis grade 4 experienced reductions to at least a score of 2. All eight JAK2(V617F)-positive responders experienced a reduction of the baseline mutant allele burden, which was greater than 50% in four, including one of whom the mutation became undetectable. Grade 3 to 4 hematologic adverse events included neutropenia (58%), anemia (42%), and thrombocytopenia (13%).

conclusionThe combination of lenalidomide and prednisone induces durable clinical, molecular, and pathologic responses in MF.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnemiaAntineoplastic AgentsDrug Therapy, CombinationEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleFibroblast Growth Factor 2GlucocorticoidsHumansJanus Kinase 2LenalidomideMaleMiddle AgedMutationAntineoplastic AgentsFibroblast Growth Factor 2GlucocorticoidsJAK2 protein, humanJanus Kinase 2LenalidomidePlatelet-Derived Growth FactorPrednisoneThalidomideTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID19720904
PMCPMC4879697
OpenAlexW2132824554

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