Prognostic value of blasts in peripheral blood in myelofibrosis in the ruxolitinib era.


Journal

Cancer
ISSN: 1097-0142
Titre abrégé: Cancer
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0374236

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 10 2020
Historique:
received: 09 05 2020
revised: 15 06 2020
accepted: 22 06 2020
pubmed: 23 7 2020
medline: 12 6 2021
entrez: 23 7 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Circulating blasts (peripheral blood [PB] blasts) ≥1% have long been considered an unfavorable feature for patients with primary myelofibrosis. Whether further quantification of PB blasts and their correlation with bone marrow (BM) blasts have incremental value with regard to patient prognostication is unclear. Similarly, the role of the JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor ruxolitinib (RUX) is not well defined in patients who have increased blasts. The authors retrospectively studied 1316 patients with myelofibrosis who presented at their institution between 1984 and 2018 and had available PB and BM blasts. The PB blast percentage influenced overall survival (OS) only among patients who had BM blasts <5%, with a median OS of 64 months for patients with 0% PB blasts, 48 months for those with 1% to 3% PB blasts, and 22 months for those with 4% PB blasts (P < .01). Patients who had 4% PB blasts and 5% to 9% BM/PB blasts had clinical features similar to those of patients who had 10% to 19% blasts. Although the OS of the former patients was longer than in patients who had 10% to 19% blasts, it was not statistically different (median OS: 22, 26, and 13 months, respectively; P > .05). Forty-four percent of patients received RUX throughout their disease course. All patients who had <10% blasts (PB or BM) and received treatment with RUX had superior OS compared with those who did not receive RUX within the same group. PB blasts ≥4% and BM blasts ≥5% were significant for predicting inferior survival in multivariate analysis. The current results provide comprehensive insight into the role of peripheral blasts in patients with myelofibrosis and indicates that patients who have PB blasts ≥4% have an unfavorable prognosis. RUX provides a survival benefit to patients who have PB blasts <10%.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
Circulating blasts (peripheral blood [PB] blasts) ≥1% have long been considered an unfavorable feature for patients with primary myelofibrosis. Whether further quantification of PB blasts and their correlation with bone marrow (BM) blasts have incremental value with regard to patient prognostication is unclear. Similarly, the role of the JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor ruxolitinib (RUX) is not well defined in patients who have increased blasts.
METHODS
The authors retrospectively studied 1316 patients with myelofibrosis who presented at their institution between 1984 and 2018 and had available PB and BM blasts.
RESULTS
The PB blast percentage influenced overall survival (OS) only among patients who had BM blasts <5%, with a median OS of 64 months for patients with 0% PB blasts, 48 months for those with 1% to 3% PB blasts, and 22 months for those with 4% PB blasts (P < .01). Patients who had 4% PB blasts and 5% to 9% BM/PB blasts had clinical features similar to those of patients who had 10% to 19% blasts. Although the OS of the former patients was longer than in patients who had 10% to 19% blasts, it was not statistically different (median OS: 22, 26, and 13 months, respectively; P > .05). Forty-four percent of patients received RUX throughout their disease course. All patients who had <10% blasts (PB or BM) and received treatment with RUX had superior OS compared with those who did not receive RUX within the same group. PB blasts ≥4% and BM blasts ≥5% were significant for predicting inferior survival in multivariate analysis.
CONCLUSIONS
The current results provide comprehensive insight into the role of peripheral blasts in patients with myelofibrosis and indicates that patients who have PB blasts ≥4% have an unfavorable prognosis. RUX provides a survival benefit to patients who have PB blasts <10%.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32697338
doi: 10.1002/cncr.33094
pmc: PMC7875207
mid: NIHMS1621191
doi:

Substances chimiques

Nitriles 0
Pyrazoles 0
Pyrimidines 0
ruxolitinib 82S8X8XX8H

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

4322-4331

Subventions

Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : P30 CA016672
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

© 2020 American Cancer Society.

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Auteurs

Lucia Masarova (L)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Prithviraj Bose (P)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Naveen Pemmaraju (N)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Naval G Daver (NG)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Lingsha Zhou (L)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Sherry Pierce (S)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Koji Sasaki (K)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Hagop M Kantarjian (HM)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Zeev Estrov (Z)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Srdan Verstovsek (S)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

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