Efficacy of ruxolitinib for myelofibrosis

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1465-1473

  Santos, Fabio P S ^a   Verstovsek, Srdan ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical study; JAK2 V617F; Myelofibrosis; Ruxolitinib

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RUXOLITINIB;

ARTICLE; CYTOPENIA; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MYELOFIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); SPLENOMEGALY; SURVIVAL; ANEMIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; ECCHYMOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; IC50; LONG TERM CARE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

CLINICAL STUDY; JAK2 V617F; MYELOFIBROSIS; RUXOLITINIB;

ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JANUS KINASE 2; MUTATION; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS; PYRAZOLES; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84902239228     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: 17447666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2014.923404     Document Type: Article

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