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August 23, 2026Leukemia & lymphoma/Leukemia and lymphoma

Evaluation of hypomethylating agents with or without venetoclax in patients with accelerated phase and blast phase myeloproliferative neoplasms: a HERO consortium study

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JCJenna CiervoMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterAPAnthony J. PerissinottiUniversity of MichiganADAdam J. DiPippoThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Retrospective cohort study finds adding venetoclax to hypomethylating agents increases response rates without improving survival in advanced myeloproliferative neoplasms, highlighting clinical...

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  • To assess clinical outcomes and overall survival in patients with accelerated-phase and blast-phase myeloproliferative neoplasms treated with hypomethylating agents with or without venetoclax.
  • Multicenter, retrospective cohort study of 188 patients with accelerated-phase or blast-phase myeloproliferative neoplasms from the HERO consortium.
  • Evaluated outcomes between patients receiving hypomethylating agents (HMA) ± JAK inhibitors (N=94) and those receiving HMA plus venetoclax ± JAK inhibitors (N=56).
  • Analyzed primary endpoint of overall survival and secondary endpoints of response rates and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant rates using log-rank tests and multivariate Cox regression.
  • Overall survival was identical at a median of 9.2 months for both the HMA alone and HMA plus venetoclax cohorts (log-rank p = 0.569).
  • HMA plus venetoclax achieved significantly higher response rates for CR/CRi (36% vs. 11%, p = 0.0002) and CR/CRi/MLFS (52% vs. 16%, p < 0.0001) compared to HMA alone.
  • Rates of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation did not differ significantly between groups (14% with HMA vs. 18% with HMA plus venetoclax, p = 0.51), while age and transplant receipt independently predicted survival.

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Ciervo et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aad667677a3411444580ahttps://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2026.2711164
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