TY - ABST
T1 - Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Interferon Alpha-2 Vs. Hydroxyurea in Polycythemia Vera
T2 - 60th ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition
AU - Knudsen, Trine Alma
AU - Hansen, Dennis Lund
AU - Ocias, Lukas Frans
AU - Bjerrum, Ole Weis
AU - Brabrand, Mette
AU - El Fassi, Daniel
AU - Frederiksen, Mikael
AU - Kjær, Lasse
AU - Kristensen, Thomas Kielsgaard
AU - Kruse, Torben A
AU - Mourits-Andersen, Torben
AU - Møller, Peter
AU - Overgaard, Ulrik Malthe
AU - Severinsen, Marianne Tang
AU - Skov, Vibe
AU - Stentoft, Jesper
AU - Starklint, Jørn
AU - de Stricker, Karin
AU - Thomassen, Mads
AU - Larsen, Thomas Stauffer
AU - Hasselbalch, Hans Carl
N1 - Conference code: 60
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - BackgroundRecombinant Interferon Alpha-2a (r-IFNα) is a potent immunomodulating agent, which has been used off-label for the treatment of polycythemia vera (PV) for more than three decades and has been demonstrated to induce high rates of clinical, hematological and molecular responses. Only few studies have compared efficacy and safety of r-IFNα vs. hydroxyurea (HU), which is considered first line therapy for PV patients gt; 60 years in most parts of the world. However, recent studies have provided encouraging results for the treatment of PV with r-IFNα compared to HU irrespective of age (R. Hoffmann 2016; H. Gisslinger 2018).AimsTo examine the difference in efficacy and safety of low-dose r-IFNα in PV patients
AB - BackgroundRecombinant Interferon Alpha-2a (r-IFNα) is a potent immunomodulating agent, which has been used off-label for the treatment of polycythemia vera (PV) for more than three decades and has been demonstrated to induce high rates of clinical, hematological and molecular responses. Only few studies have compared efficacy and safety of r-IFNα vs. hydroxyurea (HU), which is considered first line therapy for PV patients gt; 60 years in most parts of the world. However, recent studies have provided encouraging results for the treatment of PV with r-IFNα compared to HU irrespective of age (R. Hoffmann 2016; H. Gisslinger 2018).AimsTo examine the difference in efficacy and safety of low-dose r-IFNα in PV patients
U2 - 10.1182/blood-2018-99-111255
DO - 10.1182/blood-2018-99-111255
M3 - Conference abstract in journal
SN - 0006-4971
VL - 132
SP - 580
JO - Blood
JF - Blood
IS - Suppl 1
Y2 - 1 December 2018 through 4 December 2018
ER -