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      The impact of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) on patient quality of life and productivity: results from the international MPN Landmark survey

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          Myelofibrosis (MF), polycythemia vera (PV), and essential thrombocythemia (ET) are myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) associated with high disease burden, reduced quality of life (QOL), and shortened survival. To assess how MPNs affect patients, we conducted a global MPN Landmark survey. This online survey of patients with MPNs and physicians was conducted in Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The survey measured MPN-related symptoms and the impact of MPNs on QOL and the ability to work as well as disease-management strategies. Overall, 219 physicians and 699 patients (MF, n = 174; PV, n = 223; ET, n = 302) completed the survey; 90% of patients experienced MPN-related symptoms. The most frequent and severe symptom was fatigue. Most patients experienced a reduction in QOL, including those with low symptom burden or low-risk scores. A substantial proportion of patients reported impairment at work and in overall activity. Interestingly, physician feedback and blood counts were the most important indicators of treatment success among patients, with improvements in symptoms and QOL being less important. Regarding disease management, our study revealed a lack of alignment between physician and patient perceptions relating to communication and disease management, with patients often having different treatment goals than physicians. Overall, our study suggested that therapies that reduce symptom burden and improve QOL in patients with MPNs are crucial in minimizing disease impact on patient daily lives. Additionally, our findings showed a need for improved patient-physician communication, standardized monitoring of symptoms, and agreement on treatment goals.

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          Recently, a gain-of-function MPL mutation, MPLW515L, was described in patients with JAK2V617F-negative myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM). To gain more information on mutational frequency, disease specificity, and clinical correlates, genomic DNA from 1182 patients with myeloproliferative and other myeloid disorders and 64 healthy controls was screened for MPL515 mutations, regardless of JAK2V617F mutational status: 290 with MMM, 242 with polycythemia vera, 318 with essential thrombocythemia (ET), 88 with myelodysplastic syndrome, 118 with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, and 126 with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). MPL515 mutations, either MPLW515L (n = 17) or a previously undescribed MPLW515K (n = 5), were detected in 20 patients. The diagnosis of patients with mutant MPL alleles at the time of molecular testing was de novo MMM in 12 patients, ET in 4, post-ET MMM in 1, and MMM in blast crisis in 3. Six patients carried the MPLW515L and JAK2V617F alleles concurrently. We conclude that MPLW515L or MPLW515K mutations are present in patients with MMM or ET at a frequency of approximately 5% and 1%, respectively, but are not observed in patients with polycythemia vera (PV) or other myeloid disorders. Furthermore, MPL mutations may occur concurrently with the JAK2V617F mutation, suggesting that these alleles may have functional complementation in myeloproliferative disease.
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              Symptomatic burden in myeloproliferative neoplasms is present in most patients and compromises quality of life. We sought to validate a broadly applicable 18-item instrument (Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Symptom Assessment Form [MPN-SAF], coadministered with the Brief Fatigue Inventory) to assess symptoms of myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia, and polycythemia vera among prospective cohorts in the United States, Sweden, and Italy. A total of 402 MPN-SAF surveys were administered (English [25%], Italian [46%], and Swedish [28%]) in 161 patients with essential thrombocythemia, 145 patients with polycythemia vera, and 96 patients with myelofibrosis. Responses among the 3 administered languages showed great consistency after controlling for MPN subtype. Strong correlations existed between individual items and key symptomatic elements represented on both the MPN-SAF and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30. Enrolling physicians' blinded opinion of patient symptoms (6 symptoms assessed) were highly correlated with corresponding patients' responses. Serial administration of the English MPN-SAF among 53 patients showed that most MPN-SAF items are well correlated (r > 0.5, P 0.7). The MPN-SAF is a comprehensive and reliable instrument that is available in multiple languages to evaluate symptoms associated with all types of MPNs in clinical trials globally.
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                Contributors
                02071882742 , claire.harrison@gstt.nhs.uk
                Journal
                Ann Hematol
                Ann. Hematol
                Annals of Hematology
                Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Berlin/Heidelberg )
                0939-5555
                1432-0584
                5 August 2017
                5 August 2017
                2017
                : 96
                : 10
                : 1653-1665
                Affiliations
                [1 ]GRID grid.420545.2, , Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, ; Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, SE1 9RT UK
                [2 ]ISNI 0000 0001 0728 696X, GRID grid.1957.a, Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, , RWTH Aachen University, ; Aachen, Germany
                [3 ]ISNI 0000 0001 2288 9830, GRID grid.17091.3e, St Paul’s Hospital, , University of British Columbia, ; Vancouver, BC Canada
                [4 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1757 2304, GRID grid.8404.8, CRIMM, Center for Research and Innovation of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, AOU Careggi, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, , University of Florence, ; Florence, Italy
                [5 ]Patient advocate, Prato, Italy
                [6 ]ISNI 0000 0001 1018 4307, GRID grid.5807.a, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, , Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, ; Magdeburg, Germany
                [7 ]MPN Voice, London, UK
                [8 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1762 2738, GRID grid.258269.2, Department of Hematology, , Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, ; Tokyo, Japan
                [9 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0439 2056, GRID grid.418424.f, , Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, ; East Hanover, NJ USA
                [10 ]ISNI 0000 0001 1515 9979, GRID grid.419481.1, , Novartis Pharma AG, ; Basel, Switzerland
                [11 ]Adelphi Real World, Bollington, UK
                [12 ]ISNI 0000 0000 8875 6339, GRID grid.417468.8, , Mayo Clinic, ; Scottsdale, AZ USA
                Author information
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3212-920X
                Article
                3082
                10.1007/s00277-017-3082-y
                5569657
                28780729
                aa99d53e-8b80-4f19-899f-6f3ce7d59f0c
                © The Author(s) 2017

                Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

                History
                : 21 July 2017
                : 24 July 2017
                Funding
                Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100008272, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation;
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                Hematology
                (4–6): mpn,quality of life,symptom burden,work productivity,activities of daily living

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