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AIM: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon-alpha (Peg-IFN-α) in the treatment of essential thrombocythemia (ET). METHODS: A total of 50 ET patients were treated with Peg-IFN-α for more than 12 months. 180 μg was injected subcutaneously once every two weeks as the initial dose, and then the treatment interval was adjusted according to blood routine. The clinical efficacy and adverse reactions were analyzed. RESULTS: The hematologic response of ET patients treated with Peg-IFN-α occurred quickly, and the platelet decreased significantly after 3 months (508.56±120.75 vs. 931.44±209.13, P=0.000). Hematologic complete remission rate and overall remission rate at 12 months were 70% and 98%, respectively. The JAK2-V617F mutation burden of ET patients treated with Peg-IFN-α was significantly lower at 6 months of treatment than at initial diagnosis (0.254 1±0.122 8 vs. 0.315 3±0.133 2, P 0.05). Hematological adverse reactions were rare, and all of them were grade 1-2 adverse reactions. Non-hematological adverse reactions were mainly influenza-like symptoms. Most of the patients were grade 1-2, and occasionally had grade ≥3 adverse reactions. All adverse reactions could be tolerated after extending medication interval or symptomatic treatment, and no patient terminated treatment because of adverse reactions. CONCLUSION: Peg-IFN-α is effective and safe in the treatment of ET.
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Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment methods of children with gene mutation-negative essential thrombocytosis (ET).Methods:The clinical data of a child with gene mutation-negative ET in the Blood Diseases Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences were collected, and the related literature was reviewed.Results:The epistaxis was the main clinical symptom of this child. He was diagnosed as ET (gene mutation-negative) by bone marrow aspiration and gene detection. After hydroxyurea treatment, the platelet count increased and the clinical symptoms were improved.Conclusions:The incidence rate of ET in children is low, and the frequency of gene mutation-negative ET in children reported in the literature is different. The large number of samples and long-term follow-up studies are needed.
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Objective@#To analyze the gene mutation spectrum, clinical features, and the factors of disease progression and prognosis in patients with essential thrombocytosis (ET) .@*Methods@#A retrospective analysis was conducted on 178 newly diagnosed ET patients admitted from February 1st, 2009 to November 1st, 2018.@*Results@#Of the 178 patients, 89 were male and 89 female, and the median diagnosis age was 49.5 (3-86) years old. JAK2V617F, CALR and MPL mutations frequencies were 16.45% (1.67%-43.90%) , 40.00% (10.00%-49.15%) and 25.10% (25.00%-40.00%) , respectively. Compared with patients with CALR mutations, patients with JAK2V617F mutation had higher diagnosis age (P=0.035) , higher white blood cell count (P=0.040) , higher hemoglobin concentration (P=0.001) , and lower platelet count (P=0.002) , respectively. Of them, 47 patients (27.01%) developed thrombotic events before diagnosis, and 3 ones (1.72%) experienced thrombotic events after diagnosis. Multivariate analysis revealed age >60 years (P=0.013, OR=4.595, 95%CI 1.382-15.282) and cardiovascular risk factors (CVF) (P<0.001, OR=8.873, 95%CI 2.921-26.955) as risk factors for thrombotic events, CALR mutation (P=0.032, OR=0.126, 95%CI 0.019-0.838) as a protective factor for thrombotic events. Age >60 years (P=0.042, OR=4.045, 95%CI 1.053-15.534) was found to be a risk factor for the overall survival (OS) of ET patients. OS of age ≤60 years and age>60 years were calculated by Kaplan-Meier analysis to be (115.231±1.899) months and (83.291±4.991) months (χ2=6.406, P=0.011) , respectively.@*Conclusion@#Age>60 years and CVF were risk factors for thrombotic event. CALR mutation was a protective factor for thrombotic event. Age >60 years was a risk factor for OS in ET patients.
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O presente artigo tem como objetivo conhecer o perfil dos pacientes portadores de Neoplasias Mieloproliferativas Crônicas (NMPC) cromossomo Philadelfia (Ph) negativo clássicas que compreendem as entidades Policitemia Vera (PV), Trombocitose Essencial (TE) e Mielofibrose Primária (MP) na Unidade de Alta Complexidade Oncológica no período de 2008 a 2015. Trata-se de um estudo observacional, descritivo, retrospectivo e de abordagem quantitativa em que foram avaliados 77 prontuários de pacientes com diagnóstico de Policitemia Vera, Trombocitose Essencial e Mielofibrose Primária. Os resultados demonstraram que 54,5% (n=42) tinham diagnóstico de Trombocitose Essencial, 27,3% (n=21) de Policitemia Vera e 18,2% (n=14) de Mielofibrose Primária. A idade média ao diagnóstico girou em torno da sexta e sétima década de vida. As principais alterações laboratoriais encontradas na Policitemia Vera e na Mielofibrose Primária foram a hemoglobina, a qual tem como média 16,05(±2,89) e 9,98(±3,31) respectivamente, e o hematócrito com média de 51,48(±8,69) e 30,70 (±10,14) nesta ordem; já na Trombocitose Essencial as plaquetas foram a principal alteração, com média de 1.728.000(±447136,4). Em relação aos eventos tromboembólicos, 28,6% dos pacientes com PV, 21,4% com TE e 14,3% com MI apresentaram algum tipo de evento (IAM, TVP ou AVC).A mutação JAK2 foi positiva principalmente em portadores de Policitemia Vera, 76,2% (n=16). Dos pacientes portadores de Policitemia Vera 85,7% (n=18), 95,2% (n=40) de Trombocitose Essencial e 57,1% (n=8) de MP permanecem vivos e em tratamento. Concluise que o sexo feminino foi o mais acometido, a idade média ao diagnóstico foi entre a sexta e sétima década de vida, sendo a Trombocitose Essencial a doença mais incidente.
The present article aims to know the profile of patients with classic Philadelphia-negative Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (CMPNs) who comprehend the entities Polycythemia Vera (PV), Essential Thrombocytosis (ET) and Primary Myelofibrosis (PM) at the High Complexity Oncology Unit between 2008 and 2015. This is an observational, descriptive, retrospective and of quantitative approach study in which 77 diagnosed with Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocytosis and Primary Myelofibrosis patients' charts were analyzed. Results demonstrated that 54,5% (n=42) were diagnosed with Essential Thrombocytosis, 27,3% (n=21) with Polycythemia Vera and 18,2% (n=14) with Primay Myelofibrosis. The mean age at diagnosis was around the sixth and seventh decade of life. The main laboratorial alterations found in Polycythemia Vera and Primary Myelofibrosis were hemoglobin, which has mean 16,05(±2,89) and 9,98(±3,31), respectively, and hematocrit, with mean 51,48(±8,69) and 30,70 (±10,14), in that order; in Essential Thrombocytosis, platelets were the main alteration, with mean 1.728.000(±447136,4). The frequency of thrombotic event was 64,3%, most of which had the diagnosis of Essential Thrombocytosis. The JAK2 mutation was positive mainly on patients with Polycythemia Vera, 76,2% (n=16). 85,7% (n=18) Polycythemia Vera, 95,2% (n=40) Essential Thrombocytosis and 57,1% (n=8) Primary Myelofibrosis patients remain alive and on treatment. It was concluded that females were the most affected, that the mean age at diagnosis was between the sixth and seventh decade of life and that Essential Thrombocytosis was the most incident disease.
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Objective To observe the effectiveness of treating essential thrombocytosis(ET) with Buyang Huanwu Decoction plus hydroxyurea. Methods 120 patients with ET were randomly divided into observation group(OG) and control group(CG). Patients from OG were treated with Buyang huanwu decoction plus hydroxyurea, while those from CG were given hydroxyurea. After 6 months, the treatment effectiveness indexes including symptoms in a sense of chinese medicine, cell counts and saffy were observed. Results Total effective rate of OG was higher than that of CG(P<0.05). TCM symptoms remission in OG group was better than that of CG(P<0.05). After treatment, blood platelet count and megakaryocyte count were decreased in two groups(P<0.05), and the difference between two groups was signiifcan(P<0.05). Conclusion The therapy combined Chinese and western medicine deals with ET is better than simple western medicine treatment.
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La trombocitosis esencial (TE) es una panmielopatía clonal de escasa frecuencia, que está incluida dentro de los síndromes mieloproliferativos crónicos. Se caracteriza por la proliferación anormal de los megacariocitos, y las manifestaciones clínicas principales son: hemorragia y/o diátesis tromboembólica, en cuyo caso se presentan fenómenos necróticos y ulcerosos. Se presentan dos pacientes de sexo masculino de 54 y 80 años, cuyas primeras manifestaciones fueron lesiones úlcero-necróticas cutáneas. Con recuentos plaquetarios mayores a 1.000.000 mm3 y la punción biopsia de médula ósea que reveló hiperplasia megacariocítica, se arriba al diagnóstico de TE.
Essential thrombocytosis (ET) is a rare, clonal panmyelopathy and one of a group of disordersknown as chronic myeloproliferative diseases.ET is associated with sustained megakaryocyte proliferation, and clinically presents hemorrhage orthrombosis with ulcerative or necrotic lesions.We report two male patients aged 54 and 80-years-old, respectively, with ulcerative and necroticlesions on the skin as the first manifestation of this disease. The platelet count was higher than1.000.000 mm3 and the bone marrow aspirate biopsy showed megakaryocytic hyperplasiadiagnostic of ET.