Myelofibrosis

Zahra Mahmoudjafari, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, FHOPA, and a panel of pharmacists explore pharmacist roles in myelofibrosis care, treatment challenges, patient outcomes, and pharmacist responsibilities within interdisciplinary teams.

Expert explains how the role of pharmacists in myelofibrosis treatment has evolved significantly over the past decade.

Ruben A. Mesa, MD, FACP, discusses the results of the SIMPLIFY-1 and MOMENTUM trials and how the data led to the approval of momelotinib to treat intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis in adult patients with anemia.

Despite a slew of barriers with patient management, pharmacists have the training and resources to advocate for better patient care and help patients with hematologic myeloproliferative neoplasms advocate for themselves.

The regulatory submission includes data from the MOMENTUM phase 3 clinical trial that met all primary and key second efficacy end points.

Thrombocytopenia was the most common adverse effect, which was managed through dose reduction.

Ahmed Kotb, MD, vice president of US medical affairs, oncology, at AbbVie, discussed new findings from the REFINE trial and what they could mean for patients with myelofibrosis.

Pharmacy experts detail their decision-making processes while selecting treatment for myeloproliferative neoplasms and monitoring patients on therapy.

A panel of pharmacy experts explain what it means to provide quality oncology care for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).

Results are from an exploratory analysis of 34 patients who received at least 1 dose after disease progression or suboptimal response with ruxolitinib monotherapy

Pacritinib becomes the first treatment approved to specifically address the needs of patients with cytopenic myelofibrosis.

Rami Komrokji, MD, discusses what the MOST study's results mean for investigating second-line treatment options in myelofibrosis.

Rami Komrokji, MD, discusses whether the majority of patients in the MOST study were being treated at the time of enrollment, and why real-world data is so essential.

Rami Komrokji, MD, clinical director of malignant hematology and department lead clinical investigator at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute speaks about why data are limited in myelofibrosis.

Rami Komrokji, MD, clinical director of malignant hematology and department lead clinical investigator at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute speaks about factors in treatment decisions for patients with myelofibrosis.

Pacritinib is a JAK2/FLT3 inhibitor for the treatment of patients with myelofibrosis and severe thrombocytopenia defined as platelet counts of less than 50,000 μL.

This cancer is characterized by scar tissue accumulation in the bone marrow, which leads to an insufficient quantity of normal blood cells.

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Officials from the FDA have granted Geron Corporation’s imetelstat fast track designation for adult patients with intermediate-2 or high-risk myelofibrosis (MF) whose disease has relapsed after or is refractory to janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor treatment.

If approved, fedratinib would be the second FDA-approved treatment for myelofibrosis.