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Hematologic responses to deferasirox therapy in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

ABSTRACT: Reductions in transfusion requirements/improvements in hematologic parameters have been associated with iron chelation therapy in transfusion-dependent patients, including those with myelodysplastic syndromes; data on there reductions/improvements have been limited to case reports and small studies.To explore this observation in a large population of patients, we report a post-hoc analysis evaluating hematologic response to deferasirox in a cohort of iron-overloaded patients with myelodysplastic syndromes enrolled in the Evaluation of Patients' Iron Chelation with Exjade(®) (EPIC) study using International Working Group 2006 criteria.Two-hundred and forty-seven, 100 and 50 patients without concomitant medication for myelodysplastic syndromes were eligible for analysis of erythroid, platelet and neutrophil responses, respectively. Erythroid, platelet and neutrophil responses were observed in 21.5% (53/247), 13.0% (13/100) and 22.0% (11/50) of the patients after a median of 109, 169 and 226 days, respectively. Median serum ferritin reductions were greater in hematologic responders compared with non-responders at end of study, although these differences were not statistically significant. A reduction in labile plasma iron to less than 0.4 ?mol/L was observed from week 12 onwards; this change did not differ between hematologic responders and non-responders.This analysis suggests that deferasirox treatment for up to 1 year could lead to improvement in hematologic parameters in some patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

SUBMITTER: Gattermann N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3436237 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hematologic responses to deferasirox therapy in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Gattermann Norbert N Finelli Carlo C Della Porta Matteo M Fenaux Pierre P Stadler Michael M Guerci-Bresler Agnes A Schmid Mathias M Taylor Kerry K Vassilieff Dominique D Habr Dany D Marcellari Andrea A Roubert Bernard B Rose Christian C

Haematologica 20120314 9

<h4>Background</h4>Reductions in transfusion requirements/improvements in hematologic parameters have been associated with iron chelation therapy in transfusion-dependent patients, including those with myelodysplastic syndromes; data on there reductions/improvements have been limited to case reports and small studies.<h4>Design and methods</h4>To explore this observation in a large population of patients, we report a post-hoc analysis evaluating hematologic response to deferasirox in a cohort of ...[more]

PMID: 22419577

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Hematologic responses to deferasirox therapy in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

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Hematologic responses to deferasirox therapy in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

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