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Introduction: Polycythemia Vera (PV), Essential Thrombocythemia (ET), and Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF) are BCR/ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) that are associated with morbidity and increased mortality. Limited data regarding population-based outcomes for these MPNs have been reported. Our aim was to use the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry to investigate population based outcomes for PV, ET, and PMF. Methods: The SEER 18 registries were used to identify patients with ICD-O-3 diagnosis codes for PV (9950/3), ET (9962/3), and PMF (9961/3) from 2001-2015. For ET and PMF, histologic diagnosis was required for inclusion. Incidence was age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population. Causes of death were obtained and MPN-related death was defined as death from any myeloid disorder (ET, PV, PMF, acute myeloid leukemia [AML], acute monocytic leukemia, other myeloid/monocytic leukemia, and aleukemic, subleukemic and NOS). Relative survival (RS) was defined as the ratio of the proportion of observed survivors in a cohort of PV, ET, PMF patients to the proportion of expected survivors in a comparable set of individuals that did not respectively have PV, ET, or PMF, adjusting for the general survival of the US population for race, sex, age, and time when the diagnosis was established. Time to leukemic transformation was calculated using the left-truncated life tables session with a 3-month latency period used to prevent misattribution. Overall survival (OS) was calculated between the date of diagnosis and the date of death, date last known to be alive, or date of the study cut-off (31 December 2018). Variables significant in univariate analysis were included in a multivariate analysis. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate overall survival (OS), and Cox regression model was used to identify predictors of survival. Statistical analyses were performed using JMP version 14.0. Results: 10,988 patients with PV, 9,146 with ET, and 4,022 with PMF were identified in SEER. The median age of diagnosis (interquartile range [IQR]) was 65 years (IQR 54-76), 67 years (IQR 54-77), and 69 years (IQR 60-78) for PV, ET, and PMF respectively. Overall incidence rates (cases/100,000) were 0.86 for PV, 0.72 for ET, and 0.30 for PMF. With a median follow up (in years, 95% confidence interval [CI]) of 7.6 (7.4-7.8), 7.9 (7.8-8.2), and 7.25 (7.0-7.5), the median OS was 11.4 (11.2-11.7), 11.75 (11.3-12.0), and 3.5 (3.3-3.7), for PV, ET, and PMF respectively. RS was better than expected survival for PV and ET, while less than expected survival for PMF (Figure 1). 3853 of PV patients died (35.1%) by the end of the study period, with 4.1% and 34.1% of deaths from PV-related and cardiovascular disease respectively (Table 1). 3142 of ET patients died (34.4%), with 7.2% and 32.2% of deaths from ET-related and cardiovascular disease respectively. 2578 patients with MF died (64.1%), with 13.2%, and 51.9% of deaths from PMF-related and other malignancies respectively. 106 patients (1.0%) with PV, 135 patients (1.5%) with ET, and 127 patients (3.2%) with PMF transformed to AML. Median time to transformation was 4.8, 6.3, and 2.3 years for PV, ET, and PMF respectively. Factors indicating inferior OS on multivariate analysis (Table 2) included age ≥ 65, female sex, and year of diagnosis for PV, age ≥ 65, male sex, and year of diagnosis for ET, and age ≥ 65, and male sex for PMF. Conclusion: Incidence rates for PV, ET, and PMF were similar to previous reports. RS was better than expected survival for PV and ET, while less than expected survival for PMF. The majority of deaths in ET and PV occurred from cardiovascular disease; a finding likely related to these MPNs. Patients with PMF were more likely to die from their disease or a subsequent malignancy. Transformation to AML occurred less frequently than prior large case series, noting a limitation in the current study. Patients with PMF were more likely to transform to AML with a shorter time interval. Older age was associated with worse OS in all patients. Male sex was predictive of worse survival for ET and PMF, while female sex was associated with worse survival in PV. Over the years, survival has improved for PV and remained essentially unchanged for ET and PMF. Figure Disclosures Shah: Dren Bio: Consultancy.

Study Rationale: At present there are no effective therapies for patients with primary or secondary myelofibrosis (MF) after the failure of the JAK inhibitory class of therapies. Furthermore, patients with monocytosis, thrombocytopenia, accelerated phase, or high-risk genetic features fare poorly with JAK inhibitors (JAKi), as intolerance, resistance, and/or ineligibility often limit treatment options. Median overall survival in most studies post-JAKi demonstrate poor outcomes (14-28 months) among patients with MF. Consequently, there is a considerable need in identifying new therapeutic targets beyond JAK-STAT inhibition. One potential cancer target is CD123, aberrantly expressed on leukemia stem cells and aberrant/malignant microenvironmental plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) in certain myeloid cancers including MF. Tagraxofusp (TAG), a CD123-targeted therapy FDA-approved for patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, a pDC-derived malignancy, has demonstrated preclinical proof-of-concept in MF. We now report the updated results of an ongoing study of TAG monotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory MF, or who were unable to tolerate currently approved JAKi. (NCT02268253) Experimental Design: A multicenter Phase 1/2 trial with TAG administered as a daily IV infusion at 7, 9, or 12 mcg/kg on days 1-3 every 21 days (cycle 1-4), 28 days (cycles 5-7), and 42 days (cycles 8+) in stage 1, and 12 mcg/kg every 21 days (C1-4), 28 days (C5+) in the currently ongoing stage 2. Results: Thirty-five patients (pts) with a median age 69 years (range: 54-87) have been treated thus far: 26% had baseline monocytosis and 69% had baseline thrombocytopenia, which impacts optimal dosing of JAKi, including 37% with platelets <50x109/L including 7 pts with platelets ≤20; 75% had baseline palpable splenomegaly. Baseline genomic analysis in 35 pts revealed: JAK2 V617F (n=21); CALR (n=3); MPL (n=2); 7 of 21 pts who had comprehensive NGS, had an ASXL1 mutation. Most common treatment-related adverse events (incidence ≥15%) include hypoalbuminemia (23%), headache (17%), and elevated alanine aminotransferase (17%). Notably, capillary leak syndrome (CLS) was reported in 3 pts (1 was grade 4). Twenty-one pts (60%) achieved stable disease (SD) by IWG-MRT revised 2013 criteria, including 4 who had substantial clinical benefits; SD was noted in 7 of 9 (78%) with monocytosis, 7 of 13 (54%) with baseline platelets ≤50x109/L, including 3 of 7 (43%) with baseline platelets ≤20x109/L, and 2 of 3 (67%) pts with accelerated phase. At week 24, spleen responses by palpation were observed in 10 (45%), including 2 with >50% spleen reduction; 12 of 26 (46%) had symptom burden reduction, including 3 pts who met the IWG-MRT criteria. There have been three deaths, all deemed to be unrelated to study drug, occurring in cycles 1, 6, 13, respectively. The median overall survival of our cohort was 31 months (range: 0.6-42 months). Conclusions: Interim results demonstrate clinical efficacy and safety of TAG monotherapy in JAKi relapse/refractory/intolerant MF patients, including those associated with recognized poor-risk biological and clinical features, such as monocytosis. Some patients have experienced clinical benefit, including reduction in splenomegaly and improvement in quality of life and enrollment continues. Disclosures Pemmaraju: Celgene: Honoraria; DAVA Oncology: Honoraria; Roche Diagnostics: Honoraria; Blueprint Medicines: Honoraria; AbbVie: Honoraria, Research Funding; MustangBio: Honoraria; SagerStrong Foundation: Other: Grant Support; Pacylex Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding; LFB Biotechnologies: Honoraria; Stemline Therapeutics: Honoraria, Research Funding; Plexxikon: Research Funding; Cellectis: Research Funding; Incyte Corporation: Honoraria; Affymetrix: Other: Grant Support, Research Funding; Daiichi Sankyo: Research Funding; Samus Therapeutics: Research Funding. 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AbstractDisease OverviewRing sideroblasts (RS) are erythroid precursors with abnormal perinuclear mitochondrial iron accumulation. Two myeloid neoplasms defined by the presence of RS, include myelodysplastic syndromes with RS (MDS‐RS) and MDS/myeloproliferative neoplasm with RS and thrombocytosis (MDS/MPN‐RS‐T).DiagnosisMDS‐RS is a lower risk MDS, with single or multilineage dysplasia (MDS‐RS‐SLD/MLD), <5% bone marrow (BM) blasts, <1% peripheral blood blasts and ≥15% BM RS (≥5% in the presence of SF3B1 mutations). MDS/MPN‐RS‐T, now a formal entity in the MDS/MPN overlap syndromes, has diagnostic features of MDS‐RS‐SLD, along with a platelet count ≥450 × 109/L and large atypical megakaryocytes.Mutations and KaryotypeMutations in SF3B1 are seen in ≥80% of patients with MDS‐RS‐SLD and MDS/MPN‐RS‐T, and strongly correlate with the presence of BM RS; MDS/MPN‐RS‐T patients also demonstrate JAK2V617F (50%), DNMT3A, TET2 and ASXL1 mutations. Cytogenetic abnormalities are uncommon in both.Risk StratificationMost patients with MDS‐RS‐SLD are stratified into lower risk groups by the revised‐IPSS. Disease outcome in MDS/MPN‐RS‐T is better than that of MDS‐RS‐SLD, but worse than that of essential thrombocythemia (MPN). Both diseases are associated with a low risk of leukemic transformation.TreatmentAnemia and iron overload are complications seen in both and are managed similar to lower risk MDS and MPN. Luspatercept, a first‐in‐class erythroid maturation agent is now approved for the management of anemia in patients with MDS‐RS and MDS/MPN‐RS‐T. Aspirin therapy is reasonable in MDS/MPN‐RS‐T, especially in the presence of JAK2V617F, but the value of platelet‐lowering drugs remains to be defined.

AbstractPregnancy in the context of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) poses unique fetal and maternal challenges. Current literature in this regard mostly involves essential thrombocythemia (ET) and less so polycythemia vera (PV) or myelofibrosis. In ET, live birth rate is estimated at 70% with first trimester fetal loss (˜ 30%) as the major complication. Risk of pregnancy‐associated complications is higher in PV, thus mandating a more aggressive treatment approach. Herein, we appraise the relevant literature, share our own experience and propose management recommendations. Aspirin therapy may offer protection against fetal loss; however the additive benefit of systemic anticoagulation or cytoreductive therapy, in the absence of high risk disease, is unclear. We recommend cytoreductive therapy in the form of interferon alpha in all high risk and select low‐risk ET and PV patients with history of recurrent fetal loss, prominent splenomegaly or suboptimal hematocrit control with phlebotomy. In addition, all women with PV should maintain strict hematocrit control <45% with the aid of phlebotomy. Systemic anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin is advised in patients with history of venous thrombosis. Further clarification awaits prospective clinical trials that implement risk adapted therapeutic interventions.

AbstractDisease OverviewPrimary myelofibrosis (PMF) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) characterized by stem cell‐derived clonal myeloproliferation that is often but not always accompanied by JAK2, CALR, or MPL mutations. Additional disease features include bone marrow reticulin/collagen fibrosis, aberrant inflammatory cytokine expression, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH), constitutional symptoms, cachexia, leukemic progression, and shortened survival.DiagnosisBone marrow morphology is the primary basis for diagnosis. Presence of JAK2, CALR, or MPL mutation, expected in around 90% of the patients, is supportive but not essential for diagnosis; these mutations are also prevalent in the closely related MPNs, namely polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET). The 2016 World Health Organization classification system distinguishes “prefibrotic” from “overtly fibrotic” PMF; the former might mimic ET in its presentation. Furthermore, approximately 15% of patients with ET or PV might progress into a PMF‐like phenotype (post‐ET/PV MF) during their clinical course.Adverse MutationsSRSF2, ASXL1, and U2AF1‐Q157 mutations predict inferior survival in PMF, independent of each other and other risk factors. RAS/CBL mutations predicted resistance to ruxolitinib therapy.Adverse KaryotypeVery high risk abnormalities include −7, inv (3), i(17q), +21, +19, 12p‐, and 11q‐.Risk StratificationTwo new prognostic systems for PMF have recently been introduced: GIPSS (genetically‐inspired prognostic scoring system) and MIPSS70+ version 2.0 (MIPSSv2; mutation‐ and karyotype‐enhanced international prognostic scoring system). GIPSS is based exclusively on mutations and karyotype. MIPSSv2 includes, in addition, clinical risk factors. GIPSS features four and MIPSSv2 five risk categories.Risk‐adapted TherapyObservation alone is advised for MIPSSv2 “low” and “very low” risk disease (estimated 10‐year survival 56%‐92%); allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT) is the preferred treatment for “very high” and “high” risk disease (estimated 10‐year survival 0%‐13%); treatment‐requiring patients with intermediate‐risk disease (estimated 10‐year survival 30%) are best served by participating in clinical trials. In non‐transplant candidates, conventional treatment for anemia includes androgens, prednisone, thalidomide, and danazol; for symptomatic splenomegaly, hydroxyurea and ruxolitinib; and for constitutional symptoms, ruxolitinib. Fedratinib, another JAK2 inhibitor, has now been FDA‐approved for use in ruxolitinib failures. Splenectomy is considered for drug‐refractory splenomegaly and involved field radiotherapy for non‐hepatosplenic EMH and extremity bone pain.New DirectionsA number of new agents, alone or in combination with ruxolitinib, are currently under investigation for MF treatment (ClinicalTrials.gov); preliminary results from some of these clinical trials were presented at the 2020 ASH annual meeting and highlighted in the current document.

Key Points Systemic immune microenvironment signatures in CMML indicate an altered T- and natural killer cell balance. CMML bone marrow dendritic cell aggregates associate with disease progression and systemic regulatory T-cell phenotypic switch.

Introduction: Mutations in the gene isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) occur in ~12-15% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Enasidenib, an oral small molecule selective targeted inhibitor of IDH2 enzymes, was approved forIDH2mutated relapsed/refractory AML (RR-AML) in 2017 (Stein et. al., 2017). There is limited data regarding its efficacy and toxicity outside the context of clinical trials. Using Mayo Clinic's cohort of AML patients, we provide a real-world look at outcomes forIDH2mutated RR-AML patients treated with enasidenib. Methods: A total of 13 patients treated with enasidenib for RR-AML were identified, all of which experienced at least one relapse following induction chemotherapy. Response assessment was based on European Leukemia Net (ELN) 2017 response criteria.Complete blood counts including blast percentage and transfusion dependency were obtained at AML diagnosis, initiation of enasidenib, 2 months and 6 months following initiation of therapy. Transfusion dependency was defined by the need for either a red cell or platelet transfusion within 4 weeks of the designated time frame. We compared the clinical characteristics of patients who achieved complete response (CR) (n=4) to those not achieving CR (n=9), using the Mann-Whitney U test for numerical variables and the Fischer's Exact test for quantitative data. Results: The median age at diagnosis of our 13 patients was 68 years (range 60-82), with a male predilection (n=11) (Table 1). Cytogenetic and molecular genetic findings are provided in Table 2. Complete response (CR) was achieved in 4 (30.7%) patients by cycle 2 and 2 of those patients (50%) proceeded to an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT). The median time from diagnosis to initiation of treatment for patients in CR was 3.5 months (range 1-7), and for patients not achieving CR was 13 months (range 6-53; p=0.048), with median time of follow up after treatment initiation of 23.5 months (range, 5-36) and 7 months (range, 1-14), respectively. Among 8 patients who were transfusion dependent at baseline, all the CR patients (2/2) achieved red blood cell and platelet transfusion independence 6 months after treatment, instead only (3/6) 50% of those not in CR achieved transfusion independence (p=0.028). An initial trajectory of improvement in counts is noted from the time of diagnosis to the 2 month mark post treatment with 75% of the responder cohort showing improvement in counts which was durable through the 6 month mark, whereas 55% of those that did not respond had worsening counts at month 2 and died prior to 6 month follow up. At the time of data cut-off, the median duration of CR was 14 months (range, 2-33), with 3 of 4 (75%) of responders maintaining CR. Figure 1 details overall responses and outcomes in all 13 patients. None of the patients in our study experienced differentiation syndrome. Five patients were hospitalized in the course of treatment for infectious complications. Two patients were noted to have hyperbilirubinemia however there was no clear indication that this was secondary to enasidenib Median overall survival for all 13 patients was 21 months (range, 6-53 months) with leukemia free survival of 7 months (range, 5-19 months). Furthermore, median overall survival for patients in CR was 27 months (range, 6-42), and those not in CR was 16 months (range, 6-53) (p=0.20). In addition, we observed that 75% of patients who attained CR are alive compared to 11.1% of those not in CR (p = 0.052). Conclusion: We demonstrate a superior CR rate of 30.7% with enasidenib amongstIDH2mutated RR-AML patients compared with clinical trial data showing CR rate of 19.6% (Stein et. al., 2019) despite our patients being heavily pre-treated with median number of two prior therapies (range; 1-5) including prior AHSCT in 2 patients. Moreover, a subset of patients (2 of 4 in CR) were able to undergo ASCHT. Finally, the achievement of CR at 2 months after initiation of therapy serves as an appropriate time point for response assessment. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Introduction Clonal cytopenias of undetermined significance (CCUS) is defined by the presence of somatic driver mutations/copy number variations in hematopoietic cells in patients with low blood counts, in the absence of morphological evidence for myeloid neoplasms. Patients with CCUS are often symptomatic and can be transfusion dependent (TD), with high rates of progression to myeloid neoplasms, especially myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). In addition, similar to MDS, there are reports of CCUS patients responding to hypomethylating agents. Due to the lack of a formal diagnosis/morphological dysplasia, CCUS patients are often denied therapies or clinical trial enrollment. We carried out this study to validate our hypothesis that CCUS shares similar clinical and survival characteristics with lower risk MDS (LR-MDS). Methods CCUS patients were prospectively identified from the clonal hematopoiesis clinic, whereas LR-MDS patients were retrospectively identified from our institutional database. LR-MDS was defined as very low, low and intermediate risk MDS based on the R-IPSS categorization. Baseline demographics, blood counts, bone marrow (BM) morphology, cytogenetics, and NGS results were abstracted. Transfusion dependency was defined as requiring at least one unit of red cell or platelets every 4 weeks. The Mann-Whitney-U and Fischer's exact test were used to compare quantitative and qualitative data in subgroups. Kaplan-Meier overall survival (OS) estimates were used for survival analysis and compared using the log-rank test. Results 186 patients were included in the study; 74 (40%) with CCUS and 112 (60%) with LR-MDS, median age 66 years, with 63% being male (Table 1). In the CCUS group, 93% had one or more mutations (67% &gt;1 mutation) detected by NGS, while 7% had clonal cytogenetic abnormalities. Common mutations in CCUS included TET2 (30%), SRSF2 (20%), DNMT3A (13%) and ASXL1 (11%); with 28% of patients being red cell TD and 15% being platelet TD. On application of the R-IPSS stratification, 40%, 45%, 12% and 3% were in the very low, low, intermediate and high risk categories, respectively. LR-MDS subtypes included MDS-RS (50%), MDS-MLD (21%), MDS-EB (10%), MDS del5q (7%), and MDS-U (12%). SF3B1 mutations were seen in 67% (95% of MDS-RS), while TET2 and DNMT3A mutations were seen in 29% and 21%, respectively. 60% of LR-MDS patients had &gt;1 mutation. 44% were red cell TD, while 10% were platelet TD. In comparison to patients with CCUS, LR-MDS patients were more likely to have higher white blood cell counts (p=0.002), higher neutrophil counts (p=0.009), higher platelet counts (p&lt;0.001), be red cell TD (p=0.031), have BM ring sideroblasts (p&lt;0.001), have higher BM blast% (p=0.004) and carry SF3B1 mutations (p&lt;0.001); whereas CCUS patients were more likely to have higher monocyte counts (p=0.009) and more likely to carry IDH1 (p=0.005), ZRSR2 (p=0.005) and ATM (p=0.012) mutations. Importantly there were no differences with regards to R-IPSS cytogenetic risk groups, R-IPSS prognostic categories, platelet TD, and mutations involving TET2, DNMT3A, SRSF2 and ASXL1 and TP53. Notably signal pathway mutations and mutations involving tumor suppressor genes were infrequent (&lt;5%) in both groups. The LR-MDS patients had a longer median follow up (53 vs 15 months) and at last follow up 72 (64%) and 11 (15%) deaths had been documented in the LR-MDS and CCUS groups respectively. 13 (18%) CCUS patients progressed to MDS (10) and AML (3) over a median of 15 months, while 9 (8%) LR-MDS patients progressed to higher grade MDS (1) and AML (8), respectively (median follow up 53 months). There was no difference in the median survival between CCUS (median OS not reached) versus LR-MDS (median OS 8.3 years) (p=0.372, Figure 1). Conclusion In spite of subtle phenotypic/molecular differences between LR-MDS and CCUS, both entities had similar prognostication, distribution of high risk mutations and survival outcomes. Within a short follow-up, 18% of CCUS patients progressed to MDS/AML, indicating that regardless of the absence of dysplasia these entities are a continuum of myeloid neoplasms. In order to improve access to treatments and clinical trial opportunities, we recommend that close consideration be given to consider CCUS as a MDS subtype. Disclosures Shah: Dren Bio: Consultancy.