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Blood, 1 April 2005, Vol. 105, No. 7, pp. 2664-2670.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on December 7, 2004; DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-09-3426.
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CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS, INTERVENTIONS, AND THERAPEUTIC TRIALS
Acute leukemia in polycythemia vera: an analysis of 1638 patients enrolled in a prospective observational study
Guido Finazzi,
Vanesa Caruso,
Roberto Marchioli,
Giovanni Capnist,
Teodoro Chisesi,
Carlo Finelli,
Luigi Gugliotta,
Raffaele Landolfi,
Jack Kutti,
Heinz Gisslinger,
Raphael Marilus,
Carlo Patrono,
Enrico Maria Pogliani,
Maria Luigia Randi,
Ana Villegas,
Gianni Tognoni,
Tiziano Barbui, for the ECLAP Investigators
From the Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro; Policlinico S Orsola, Bologna; Ospedale S Gerardo, Monza; University of Padua, Dip. Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Padova; Ospedale Umberto I, Venezia-Mestre; Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome; Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo; Ospedale di Reggio Emilia; Ospedale S Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia; University of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy; Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Hematology and Blood Coagulation, University of Vienna, Austria; Tel-Aviv Souraski Medical Center, Israel; and Hospital Universitario S Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Progression to acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndromes (AML/MDS) is a possible evolution of polycythemia vera (PV), but whether some patients are at increased natural risk for this complication and how much the contribution of pharmacologic cytoreduction can affect the natural course of the disease remain uncertain. The European Collaboration on Low-dose Aspirin in Polycythemia Vera (ECLAP) prospective project included 1638 patients with PV. AML/MDS was diagnosed in 22 patients after a median of 2.5 years from recruitment in the study and a median of 8.4 years from the diagnosis of PV. Variables associated with progression to AML/MDS were assessed using different models of multivariate analysis. Older age was confirmed as the main independent risk factor (hazard ratio [HR], 4.30; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.16-15.94; P = .0294), whereas overall disease duration failed to reach statistical significance (more than 10 years: HR, 1.91; 95% CI, 0.64-5.69; P = .2466). Exposure to P32, busulphan, and pipobroman (HR, 5.46; 95% CI, 1.84-16.25; P = .0023), but not to hydroxyurea (HU) alone (HR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.26-2.88; P = .8021), had an independent role in producing an excess risk for progression to AML/MDS compared with treatment with phlebotomy or interferon.
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