Overview
This is a multicenter prospective and retrospective observational clinical study in patients with primary or post polycythemia vera or post essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis to test the efficacy of fedratinib in the rea world. Participants will be managed according to the clinical practice of the participating Center. All Centers will be Italian Hematology Units belonging to the GIMEMA Organization in Italy.
Description
This is a multicenter prospective and retrospective observational clinical study with the aim of assessing the efficacy of fedratinib upon AIFA approval in patients with primary myelofibrosis or post polycythemia vera or post essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis. Patients must meet current diagnostic criteria of MF, according to the WHO (World Health Organization) classification version 5th or the ICC (International Consensus Conference) either published in 2022 or post- polycythemia vera and post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis (according to the ICC classification 2022). Patients enter the study at diagnosis or already in follow-up, at any stage of disease, except if transformed to blast phase. Patients who received fedratinib after June 2022 (time of AIFA reimbursement in Italy) will be enrolled and will be included both those ruxolitinib-naïve and ruxolitinib-exposed.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged 18 years or older.
- Patients diagnosed with primary myelofibrosis [according to the WHO (World Health Organization) classification version 5th or the ICC (International Consensus Conference) either published in 2022 or post-polycythemia vera and post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis (according to the ICC classification 2022)].
- Patients who met the reimbursement criteria for fedratinib, in accordance with the AIFA (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) after June 2022.
- Patients eligible or not for stem cell transplant (SCT) or patients already undergoing SCT.
- Patients on non-JAKi cytoreductive treatment.
- Patients with palpable splenomegaly at baseline of fedratinib treatment.
- Informed consent signed, if applicable.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of MPN, unclassifiable, myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms, myelodysplastic syndromes, essential thrombocythemia, polycythemia vera.
- Blast phase of MF.
- Patients with platelets <50 x10^9/L at baseline of fedratinib treatment.
- Patients ruxolitinib-exposed for other diseases.