Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29143887›Full record

ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2017

Diagnosis and Treatment of Aplastic Anemia.

Scott A Peslak, Timothy Olson, Daria V Babushok

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Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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74citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 131 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Persistent and Progressive Exfoliative Dermatitis: A Case Report.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2026
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  5. Reconceptualizing Aplastic Anemia-Seed, Worm, Soil.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2026
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  10. Ruxolitinib reduces macrophage pyroptosis in aplastic anaemia.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2026
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  16. Hematologic immune-related adverse effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors: a review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  17. Current view on the etiopathogenesis of aplastic anemia.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2025
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14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Scott A PeslakDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, 12 South, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Timothy OlsonComprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Daria V BabushokDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, 12 South, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. daria.babushok@uphs.upenn.edu.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

HEMATOLOGY CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32HL007439 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LAWRENCE F BRASS, PETER S KLEIN · 1985 to 2026
$17.1M
Towards Precision Medicine in Childhood Acquired Aplastic AnemiaR24DK103001 · NIDDK · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI CHOU, STELLA T, KLEIN, PETER S · 2014 to 2016
$1.7M
Early Clonal Evolution in Acquired Aplastic AnemiaK08HL132101 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BABUSHOK, DARIA · 2016 to 2021
$992k
Studies of HSC Engraftment at the Osteoblastic Niche for Inherited BM FailureK08HL122306 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI OLSON, TIMOTHY STEVEN · 2014 to 2017
$579k
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute K08 HL122306National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute K08 HL132101-01National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute T32 HL007439-38NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL122306NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL132101NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007439NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK103001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementAcquired aplastic anemia (AA) is a rare, life-threatening bone marrow failure (BMF) disorder that affects patients of all ages and is caused by lymphocyte destruction of early hematopoietic cells. Diagnosis of AA requires a comprehensive approach with prompt evaluation for inherited and secondary causes of bone marrow aplasia, while providing aggressive supportive care. The choice of frontline therapy is determined by a number of factors including AA severity, age of the patient, donor availability, and access to optimal therapies. For newly diagnosed severe aplastic anemia, bone marrow transplant should be pursued in all pediatric patients and in younger adult patients when a matched sibling donor is available. Frontline therapy in older adult patients and in all patients lacking a matched sibling donor involves immunosuppressive therapy (IST) with horse antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine A. Recent improvements in upfront therapy include encouraging results with closely matched unrelated donor transplants in younger patients and the emerging benefits of eltrombopag combined with initial IST, with randomized studies underway. In the refractory setting, several therapeutic options exist, with improving outcomes of matched unrelated donor and haploidentical bone marrow transplantation as well as the addition of eltrombopag to the non-transplant AA armamentarium. With the recent appreciation of frequent clonal hematopoiesis in AA patients and with the growing use of next-generation sequencing in the clinic, utmost caution should be exercised in interpreting the significance of somatic mutations in AA. Future longitudinal studies of large numbers of patients are needed to determine the prognostic significance of somatic mutations and to guide optimal surveillance and treatment approaches to prevent long-term clonal complications.

Indexed as

Anemia, AplasticBone Marrow DiseasesBone Marrow TransplantationCyclosporineHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansImmunosuppression TherapySiblingsTissue DonorsCyclosporineAntithymocyte globulinAplastic anemiaBone marrow failureBone marrow transplantClonal hematopoiesisCyclosporine AEltrombopagImmunosuppressive therapy

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PMID29143887
PMCPMC5804354
OpenAlexW2769059029

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