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ReviewHematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program2024

Luspatercept: a treatment for ineffective erythropoiesis in thalassemia.

Khaled M Musallam, Ali T Taher

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Review in Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Thalassaemia.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Khaled M MusallamCenter for Research on Rare Blood Disorders, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Ali T TaherDepartment of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with β-thalassemia continue to have several unmet needs. In non-transfusion-dependent patients, untreated ineffective erythropoiesis and anemia have been associated with a variety of clinical sequelae, with no treatment currently available beyond supportive transfusions. In transfusion-dependent forms, lifelong transfusion and iron chelation therapy are associated with considerable clinical, psychological, and economic burden on the patient and health care system. Luspatercept is a novel disease-modifying agent targeting ineffective erythropoiesis that became recently available for patients with β-thalassemia. Data from randomized clinical trials confirmed its efficacy and safety in reducing transfusion burden in transfusion-dependent patients and increasing total hemoglobin level in non-transfusion-dependent patients. Secondary clinical benefits in patient-reported outcomes and iron overload were also observed on long-term therapy, and further data from real-world evidence studies are awaited.

Indexed as

Activin Receptors, Type IIbeta-ThalassemiaErythropoiesisImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsBlood TransfusionFemaleHumansIron OverloadMaleRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicReceptors, FcThalassemiaActivin Receptors, Type IIImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsluspaterceptReceptors, FcRecombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID39644029
PMCPMC11665503

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