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Diagnosis and treatment of MPN in real life: exploratory and retrospective chart review including 960 MPN patients diagnosed with ET or MF in Germany
- Purpose The WHO 2016 re-classification of myeloproliferative neoplasms resulted in a separation of essential thrombocythemia (ET) from the pre-fibrotic and fibrotic (overt) phases of primary myelofibrosis (MF). This study reports on a chart review conducted to evaluate the real life approach regarding clinical characteristics, diagnostic assessment, risk stratification and treatment decisions for MPN patients classified as ET or MF after implementation of the WHO 2016 classification. Methods In this retrospective chart review, 31 office-based hematologists/oncologists and primary care centers in Germany participated between April 2021 and May 2022. Physicians reported available data obtained from patient charts via paper–pencil based survey (secondary use of data). Patient features were evaluated using descriptive analysis, also including diagnostic assessment, therapeutic strategies and risk stratification. Results Data of 960 MPN patients diagnosed with essential thrombocythemia (ET) (n = 495) or myelofibrosis (MF) (n = 465) after implementation of the revised 2016 WHO classification of myeloid neoplasms was collected from the patient charts. While they met at least one minor WHO-criteria for primary myelofibrosis, 39.8% of those diagnosed with ET did not have histological BM testing at diagnosis. 63.4% of patients who were classified as having MF, however, did not obtain an early prognostic risk assessment. More than 50% of MF patients showed characteristics consistent with the pre-fibrotic phase, which was emphasized by the frequent use of cytoreductive therapy. Hydroxyurea was the most frequently used cytoreductive medication in 84.7% of ET and 53.1% of MF patients. While both ET and MF cohorts showed cardiovascular risk factors in more than 2/3 of the cases, the use of platelet inhibitors or anticoagulants varied between 56.8% in ET and 38.1% in MF patients. Conclusions Improved histopathologic diagnostics, dynamic risk stratification including genetic risk factors for cases of suspected ET and MF are recommended for precise risk assessment and therapeutic stratification according to WHO criteria.
Author: | Andreas Schmidt, Christiane Bernhardt, Dieter Bürkle, Stefan Fries, Carla V. Hannig, Kathleen Jentsch-Ullrich, Andreas Josting, Stephan Kreher, Marcel Reiser, Hans Tilman Steinmetz, Hans Tesch, Stephanie Terner, Alexander Schulte, Carl C. Crodel, Francesca Palandri, Florian H. HeidelORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-108354 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-023-04669-3 |
ISSN: | 1432-1335 |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Place of publication: | Berlin |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2023/03/08 |
Date of first Publication: | 2023/08/01 |
Release Date: | 2024/03/07 |
Tag: | ET; Essential thrombocythemia; MF; MPN; Myelofibrosis; Myeloproliferative neoplasia |
Volume: | 149 |
Issue: | 10 |
First Page: | 7197 |
Last Page: | 7206 |
Faculties: | Universitätsmedizin / Kliniken und Polikliniken für Innere Medizin |
Collections: | weitere DFG-förderfähige Artikel |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 International |