Abstract The development of targeted therapies for the treatment of myelofibrosis highlights a unique issue in a field that has historically relied on symptom relief, rather than survival benefit or modification of disease course, as key response criteria. There is, therefore, a need to understand what constitutes disease modification of myelofibrosis to advance appropriate drug […]
Momelotinib: emerging treatment for myelofibrosis patients with anemia
Abstract The suite of marked anemia benefits that momelotinib has consistently conferred on myelofibrosis (MF) patients stem from its unique inhibitory activity on the BMP6/ACVR1/SMAD and IL-6/JAK/STAT3 pathways, resulting in decreased hepcidin (master iron regulator) expression, higher serum iron and hemoglobin levels, and restored erythropoiesis. Clinical data on momelotinib from the phase 2 and the […]
Myelofibrosis, New Markers of Disease Progression
Simple Summary Disease progression and prognosis in PMF are usually associated with worsening of anemia, increase of circulating blasts, and, more recently, with the presence, in addition to the “classical” driver mutations, of JAK2, MPL, and CALR genes, as well as of cytogenetic and molecular abnormalities that have been incorporated into new genetically based prognostic scoring systems. We have […]
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month for MPNs
by Lou Ann Donovan National Blood Cancer Awareness Month is an annual event created by Congress in September 2010 to bring awareness to diseases of the blood, including chronic blood cancers known as Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs). Every three minutes someone in the United States is diagnosed with a blood cancer. Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs) blood cancer […]
Patients are Asking – MPN Expert Dr. Prithviraj Bose
Episode 1 of 3 in Patients are Asking Series What symptoms should I look for to see if I might be progressing from polycythemia vera to myelofibrosis? When would you typically recommend Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and what are the benefits? Why does bone & joint pain occur and what are some possible solutions? Dr. […]