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Trial reportHaematologica2016

The impact of anemia on overall survival in patients with myelofibrosis treated with ruxolitinib in the COMFORT studies.

Vikas Gupta, Claire Harrison, Elizabeth O Hexner, Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali, Lynda Foltz, Michael Montgomery, William Sun, Prashanth Gopalakrishna, Hagop Kantarjian, Srdan Verstovsek

Open access · goldAbstract readLetterRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Haematologica, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Emerging Therapeutic Approaches for Anemia in Myelofibrosis.Current hematologic malignancy reports · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Vikas GuptaPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada vikas.gupta@uhn.on.ca.
Claire HarrisonGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation, London, UK.
Elizabeth O HexnerUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Haifa Kathrin Al-AliUniversity Hospital of Leipzig, Germany.
Lynda FoltzSt. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Michael MontgomeryIncyte Corporation, Wilmington, DE, USA.
William SunIncyte Corporation, Wilmington, DE, USA.
Prashanth GopalakrishnaNovartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Hagop KantarjianThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Srdan VerstovsekThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Incyte (United States) · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · GBNovartis (Switzerland) · CHPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre · CASt. Paul's Hospital · CAUniversity Hospital Leipzig · DEUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AgedAnemiaFemaleHumansMaleNitrilesPrimary MyelofibrosisPyrazolesPyrimidinesNitrilesPyrazolesPyrimidinesruxolitinibanemiaJAK inhibitormyelofibrosisoverall survivalruxolitinib

Identifiers

PMID27587385
PMCPMC5479619
OpenAlexW2511586498

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