Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-04-28DOI: 10.1159/000552225
Pia Raanani
{"title":"<i>Acta Haematologica</i> in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.","authors":"Pia Raanani","doi":"10.1159/000552225","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000552225","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"373-374"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147759491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-12-02DOI: 10.1159/000549812
Tatiana Wojtovicova, Drahomir Aujesky, Joerg C Schefold, Michael Daskalakis, Hansjakob Furrer, Urban Novak, Thomas Pabst, Britta Maurer, Burkhard Möller, Roman Christian Abegglen, Aristomenis Exadaktylos, Annalisa Berzigotti, Yara Banz, Ulrike Bacher, Sacha S Zeerleder, Nicolas Bonadies, André Tichelli, Anne Angelillo-Scherrer, Alicia Rovó
{"title":"Hemophagocytic Syndromes in Adults: Real-World Data on Mortality from a Tertiary Reference Center.","authors":"Tatiana Wojtovicova, Drahomir Aujesky, Joerg C Schefold, Michael Daskalakis, Hansjakob Furrer, Urban Novak, Thomas Pabst, Britta Maurer, Burkhard Möller, Roman Christian Abegglen, Aristomenis Exadaktylos, Annalisa Berzigotti, Yara Banz, Ulrike Bacher, Sacha S Zeerleder, Nicolas Bonadies, André Tichelli, Anne Angelillo-Scherrer, Alicia Rovó","doi":"10.1159/000549812","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000549812","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><p>Introduction: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare, life-threatening condition characterized by excessive immune activation, cytokine storm, and aberrant macrophage function. Although HLH is well studied in children, data on adult HLH remain limited. Our primary goal was to examine in-hospital mortality and its associated risk factors in patients with HLH in a tertiary center.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study at University Hospital Bern queried the hospital database using the i2b2 system to analyze adult HLH patients, assessing clinical, laboratory data, treatments, and outcomes according to the HLH-2004 criteria and Saint-Antoine score.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 845,846 patients seen in the hospital between 2014 and 2021, a cohort of 54 adult HLH patients was identified. The overall mortality rate was 40.7%. In univariate analysis, we found that deceased patients with HLH were significantly older than surviving patients (median age of 69.6 [range 22-83] vs. 52.5 [24-79] years old [p = 0.002]). Patients with HLH were significantly more likely to have cardiopulmonary and neurological complications, higher alkaline phosphatase levels, lower platelet counts, need platelet transfusions, and lower response rate to the HLH therapy. In multivariate analysis, age (HR 0.94; 95% CI 0.89-0.99; p = 0.024), cardiopulmonary (HR 7.045; 95% CI 1.28-38.66, p = 0.025), neurologic complications (HR 5.55; 95% CI 1.01-30.51; p = 0.04), and the requirement of platelet transfusions (HR 6.22; 95% CI 1.16-33.20; p = 0.032) were all independently associated with in-hospital mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study identifies risk factors whose early presence can be used to stratify management strategies and improve prognosis in patients with HLH. </p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"522-534"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12795530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145660033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1159/000544794
Marco Picardi, Claudia Giordano, Annamaria Vincenzi, Novella Pugliese, Alessia Scarpa, Massimo Mascolo, Elena Vigliar, Giancarlo Troncone, Claudia Salvatore, Fabrizio Pane
{"title":"Ultrasonography-Guided Core-Needle Biopsy for Newly Diagnosed Large B-Cell Lymphomas: Analysis on Diagnostic Efficacy and Safety in an Italian Retrospective Study.","authors":"Marco Picardi, Claudia Giordano, Annamaria Vincenzi, Novella Pugliese, Alessia Scarpa, Massimo Mascolo, Elena Vigliar, Giancarlo Troncone, Claudia Salvatore, Fabrizio Pane","doi":"10.1159/000544794","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000544794","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><p>Introduction: Excisional biopsy (EB) is the gold standard for large B-cell lymphomas (LBCLs) diagnosis. Based on recent advances in interventional radiology enabling accurate sampling with core needle biopsy (CNB), we evaluated efficacy and safety of CNB under imaging guidance for diagnosing LBCLs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>At the Hematology and Pathology Units of the Federico II University Medical School of Naples (Italy), we retrospectively collected patients with lymphadenopathies suspected of lymphomas (during 2009-2022) of which the ultrasonography (US)-guided CNB lymph node samples were available. Subsequently, we investigated the accuracy and safety of US-guided CNB for LBCLs diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over a 12-year period, 800 (superficial target, n = 560; deep-seated target, n = 240) lymph node biopsies performed with 16-gauge diameter modified Menghini needle under power-Doppler ultrasonographic guidance have been evaluated in 800 patients. According to the reference standard, 220 were suffering from LBCLs (diffuse LBCL NOS [n = 196], and high-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 rearrangements [n = 24]) subtypes, other malignancy subtypes (n = 510) and non-malignant findings (n = 70). For the series of LBCLs, the overall diagnostic accuracy of the micro-histological sampling was 100% (95% confidence interval: 98%-100%). The complications occurred with very low incidence and severity (grade ≤2).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>US-guided CNB is a less invasive method and can be considered an alternative to EB for LBCL diagnosis. </p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"241-251"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12173430/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1159/000545792
Karin Mayer, Leonie Birk, Katjana Schwab, Ingo G H Schmidt-Wolf, Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Peter Brossart, Axel Glasmacher, Corinna Hahn-Ast
{"title":"Dose Reduced Induction Therapy (A)-AIDA in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Being Unfit for Standard 7+3 Chemotherapy and Literature Review of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment in Unfit/Older AML Patients.","authors":"Karin Mayer, Leonie Birk, Katjana Schwab, Ingo G H Schmidt-Wolf, Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Peter Brossart, Axel Glasmacher, Corinna Hahn-Ast","doi":"10.1159/000545792","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000545792","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The standard induction chemotherapy in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is 7 days cytarabine and 3 days daunorubicin. However, older and frail patients cannot be treated intensively. Before hypomethylating agents (HMA) plus venetoclax (VEN) was established we formulated a more tolerable induction therapy for these patients using continuous infusions of reduced doses of cytarabine (A) and idarubicin (IDA) in combination with ATRA (A), the (A)-AIDA regimen and trying to reach noteworthy and relevant remission rates with acceptable toxicities in this special population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between 1998 and 2015 older/frail patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed AML received (A)-AIDA. Treatment consisted of cytarabine 100 mg/m2/d d1-5 and IDA 5 mg/m2/d d1-5 as continuous infusion. Since 2003 ATRA (45 mg/m2/d d4-6, 15 mg/m2/d d7-28) was added in some patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>154 patients received (A)-AIDA, median age was 71 years. In 40% the AML was secondary, 15.6% had relapsed AML. The complete remission rate was 41%, 7% reached a partial remission, the median overall survival was 7 months. No significant differences of remission rates regarding various known risk factors for outcome with (A)-AIDA were detected.</p><p><strong>Conlusion: </strong>Recent studies established HMA/VEN as first-line treatment for older/frail AML patients. Because (A)-AIDA is equally effective in patients with secondary or relapsed AML or ECOG >1, this regimen is an interesting treatment option for patients uneligible to HMA/VEN regimens.</p>","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"155-167"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143954978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-08-20DOI: 10.1159/000548028
Yating Li, Jie Chen, Yunqi Cui, Na Hu, Wanting Ying, Hongming Huang, Xiaoyan Qu, Zhengxu Sun
{"title":"A Nomogram for Predicting Progression-Free Survival in Primary Extramedullary Multiple Myeloma Using Routine Laboratory Variables.","authors":"Yating Li, Jie Chen, Yunqi Cui, Na Hu, Wanting Ying, Hongming Huang, Xiaoyan Qu, Zhengxu Sun","doi":"10.1159/000548028","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000548028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Extramedullary involvement in multiple myeloma represents aggressive disease, with clinical stratification of primary extramedullary disease (EMD) remaining a challenge. In this study, we aimed to develop a credible nomogram utilizing routine laboratory variables to predict individual survival for primary EMD patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively analyzed a cohort of 60 primary EMD patients, from January 2006 to December 2022. Independent risk factors were identified and subsequently incorporated to generate a nomogram using the Cox proportional hazard regression model. Then, we classified patients into two risk groups based on the nomogram model risk score and compared their survival time using the Kaplan-Meier method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After a median follow-up of 25.4 months, the median progression-free survival (PFS) of primary EMD patients was 29.4 months. Three independent prognostic factors, namely Ki67, endothelial activation stress index (EASIX), and monocyte count, were identified and subsequently incorporated to generate a nomogram using the Cox proportional hazard regression model. Nomogram performance was assessed using various metrics. Then, we classified patients into two risk groups based on the nomogram model risk score, and the Kaplan-Meier curve showed that the median PFS was significantly longer in the low-risk group compared to the high-risk group (37.1 months versus 2.6 months, p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A predictive nomogram was developed and validated to evaluate the outcome of primary EMD patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"444-454"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144938378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-10-02DOI: 10.1159/000548543
Letian Shao, Zhen Kou, Renaguli Abulaiti, Qiping Shi, Xiaolong Qi, Zengsheng Wang, Shunsheng Zhai, Li An, Qin Huang, Guzailinuer Wufuer, Yan Li
{"title":"Establishment and Evaluation of Prognostic Prediction Model for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients Based on International Prognostic Index and FAT4, TP53 Mutation.","authors":"Letian Shao, Zhen Kou, Renaguli Abulaiti, Qiping Shi, Xiaolong Qi, Zengsheng Wang, Shunsheng Zhai, Li An, Qin Huang, Guzailinuer Wufuer, Yan Li","doi":"10.1159/000548543","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000548543","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with clinical and genetic heterogeneity, resulting in significant differences in patient prognosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>High-throughput sequencing was performed on 155 newly diagnosed DLBCL patients, and 12 genes with high mutation rates related to DLBCL were selected. Cox regression analysis was used to determine prognostic factors associated with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients. A new prognostic model was established based on these factors, and its performance was validated using the concordance index (C-index), receiver operating characteristic curve, and calibration curve. Clinical utility was evaluated using decision curve analysis (DCA).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Multivariable Cox regression analysis showed that the prognostic factors for PFS and OS in DLBCL patients were IPI, FAT4 mutation, and TP53 mutation, leading to the development of the final prognostic model (FAT4-TP53-IPI model). The FAT4-TP53-IPI model demonstrated better discriminative ability than the IPI model, as indicated by the C-index. The calibration curve showed good discriminatory ability and accuracy, and DCA confirmed the clinical value of the FAT4-TP53-IPI model. Based on the cutoff values obtained from the FAT4-TP53-IPI model, patients were divided into two different risk groups, and survival analysis for PFS and OS demonstrated significantly worse prognosis in the high-risk group compared to the low-risk group (p < 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study demonstrates that integrating genetic mutation status enhances the prognostic value of the IPI scoring system. Our model may serve as a valuable tool for predicting the prognosis of DLBCL patients receiving rituximab-based immunotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"466-476"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145211280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-12-12DOI: 10.1159/000549340
Margaret T Kasner, Nigel Courtenay-Luck, Courtney DiNardo, Sean M Post, Praneeth Baratam, George N Magrath, Takaaki Nakamura, Akifumi Fujii, Sergio Prados, Naoki Honda, Mary Mcbride, Paula Edwards-Holmes, Robert Stuart
{"title":"Anexelekto (Axl)/Mer Inhibitor Tamnorzatinib in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukaemia: Results from a Phase I (Monotherapy) and Phase II (Combination with Venetoclax) Clinical Study.","authors":"Margaret T Kasner, Nigel Courtenay-Luck, Courtney DiNardo, Sean M Post, Praneeth Baratam, George N Magrath, Takaaki Nakamura, Akifumi Fujii, Sergio Prados, Naoki Honda, Mary Mcbride, Paula Edwards-Holmes, Robert Stuart","doi":"10.1159/000549340","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000549340","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Introduction: Relapsed/refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a life-threatening haematological malignancy without effective treatments. Anexelekto (Axl) and Mer receptor tyrosine kinases have emerged as important therapeutic targets in AML for their crucial role in survival of AML cells. Tamnorzatinib (ONO-7475) is a potent and highly selective inhibitor of Axl/Mer. We report first-in-human study of tamnorzatinib (NCT03176277) in patients with R/R AML.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Tamnorzatinib was administered as monotherapy (n = 20) to determine an appropriate biological dose of tamnorzatinib and then in combination (n = 22) with venetoclax to evaluate safety and clinical efficacy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Tamnorzatinib was safe and well tolerated as monotherapy (3, 6, and 10 mg) and in combination (6 mg) with venetoclax. No dose-limiting toxicities were observed at any dose level. Near-maximal Axl/Mer inhibition was observed following 6 mg tamnorzatinib alone and in combination therapy. No complete remission (CR) with partial haematologic recovery was observed with combination therapy. However, decreased transfusion dependency was observed; in the venetoclax-resistant subgroup (n = 14), 1 (7.1%) patient achieved CR with incomplete haematologic recovery and 1 (7.1%) patient achieved morphologic leukaemia-free state.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Tamnorzatinib alone and in combination with venetoclax was safe and well tolerated but failed to induce robust clinical efficacy in R/R AML.</p>","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"553-563"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12795523/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145740545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-04-14DOI: 10.1159/000545724
Xue Yao, Hui Wang, Linhua Yang
{"title":"Global, Regional, and National Burden of Leukemia (1990-2021): A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.","authors":"Xue Yao, Hui Wang, Linhua Yang","doi":"10.1159/000545724","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000545724","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Leukemia is a group of diseases caused by malignant hematopoietic stem cell clones. Leukemia ranks 13th in incidence and 10th in mortality, according to the Global Cancer Statistics 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We computed the prevalence, incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) using the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 data. We rigorously tested the time trend from 1990 to 2021 using Joinpoint regression analysis. This method facilitates the calculation of annual percentage change (APC), average annual percentage change, and 95% confidence interval (CI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2021, the age-standardized prevalence rate (ASPR), age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR), age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR), and age-standardized DALYs rate of leukemia were 21.07 per 100,000 people (95% CI: 17.65-23.61), 5.63 per 100,000 people (95% CI: 4.83-6.17), 3.89 per 100,000 people (95% CI: 3.34-4.25), and 136.94 per 100,000 people (95% CI: 111.89-153.71), respectively. These figures have been obtained globally. Gender comparisons show that men have a higher burden of disease. The 90-94 age-group has the highest global prevalence of leukemia, with the prevalence increasing with age. Age-standardized DALYs rates, ASMR, and ASIR demonstrated a general declining trend from 1990 to 2021. The results of the Joinpoint analysis showed that between 2019 and 2021, there was a drop in the global ASPR (APC = -2.68%; 95% CI: -4.76% to -0.54%; p = 0.017), ASIR (APC = -2.46%; 95% CI: -3.33% to -1.59%; p < 0.001), and ASMR (APC = -1.87%; 95% CI: -2.75% to -0.99%; p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results indicated an overall decrease in the burden of leukemia. These results provide important epidemiological data for the development of novel treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"137-154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143957863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-04-08DOI: 10.1159/000545588
Jason S Gilbert, Daniel A Pollyea, Thomas J Walsh, Andreas H Groll, Hillard M Lazarus
{"title":"Recombinant Myeloid Hematopoietic Growth Factors and Clinical Stimulation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells: A Narrative Review.","authors":"Jason S Gilbert, Daniel A Pollyea, Thomas J Walsh, Andreas H Groll, Hillard M Lazarus","doi":"10.1159/000545588","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000545588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The advent of molecularly cloned hematopoietic growth factors (rhuG-CSF and rhuGM-CSF) enhanced the safety in treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by reducing the duration of neutropenia and thus decreasing the risks for infection. However, early in vitro studies demonstrated leukemia cell proliferation in response to these agents, raising reasonable concerns related to whether these factors can cause or contribute to relapse or progression of AML.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Clinical studies using recombinant myeloid hematopoietic growth factors have supported their safety, as there is little or no clear evidence for an association with an increased risk of relapse in AML in patients, regardless of the hematopoietic growth factor used, or whether the setting of AML is newly diagnosed or relapsed/refractory. One exception may be in the pediatric population, though this effect might reflect a different isoform of the G-CSF receptor expressed on the AML cells, as this truncated receptor is also seen in severe congenital neutropenia and aplastic anemia and underlies the increased myeloid malignancies that develop in these diseases after long-term exposure to growth factors.</p><p><strong>Key messages: </strong>The current data support the use of rhuG-CSF and rhuGM-CSF in most patient populations with AML. Future studies should explore the factors influencing hematopoietic growth factor sensitivity in AML subpopulations to guide therapeutic decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"202-210"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143810112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta HaematologicaPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-07-30DOI: 10.1159/000547577
Mahdi Asleh, Aya Khalaila, Yotam Eshel, Kayed Al-Athamen, Joseph Kapelushnik, Hagit Miskin
{"title":"Increased Prevalence of Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia Type I.","authors":"Mahdi Asleh, Aya Khalaila, Yotam Eshel, Kayed Al-Athamen, Joseph Kapelushnik, Hagit Miskin","doi":"10.1159/000547577","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000547577","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><p>Introduction: Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type I (CDA-I) is a rare disorder of erythropoiesis. All CDA-I patients are expected to have iron overload and chronic hemolysis. Patients with severe anemia may undergo splenectomy. Hemochromatosis, chronic hemolysis, and splenectomy are all found to increase risk for thromboembolism in thalassemic patients. As CDA-I patients have similar findings, we sought to evaluate prevalence of thromboembolic events (TEEs) in these patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective case-control study was conducted, including 110 CDA-I patients (study group) and 326 age- and sex-matched iron deficiency anemia patients of the same ethnicity (control group). Patients were risk-stratified using Risk Assessment Models for thromboembolism.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 3 cases (2.7%) with TEEs in the CDA group and 1 case (0.3%) in the control group. All patients were females. VTE risk scores were low to moderate for CDA patients and higher for IDA patient. When compared to control group, CDA-I patients were nine times more likely to develop TEE (OR 9.11, 95% CI = 1.15-185.27, p = 0.057). All 3 CDA patients had a history of remarkable hemolysis and iron overload. Two underwent splenectomy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings show that CDA patients appear to be at increased risk for TEEs. </p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":6981,"journal":{"name":"Acta Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"345-354"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12503651/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}