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. 2015 Mar 13;5(3):e286. doi: 10.1038/bcj.2015.5

Table 3. Treatment response characteristics of patients treated with plitidepsin.

Gender/age (years) MF type ECOG PS BL/WPC Plitidepsin cycles Best responsea PFS /OS (months) Plt/RBC transfusion (units)
Spleen reductionb (%)
            Baseline On treatment  
Male/77 Post PV 1/2 4 Clinical improvementc 4.6/4.6 0/2 0/0 21.4
Female/67 Post ET 1/2 1 SD 0.9+/1.7+ 0/1 1/1 0.0
Female/68 Post ET 1/2 4 SD 3.6+/4.5+ 0/2 0/2 22.2
Female/64 PMF 1/1 2 SD 1.0+/1.7+ 0/2 0/3 11.1
Female/67 PMF 0/1 3 SD 1.8+/5.1+ 0/1 0/2 ND
Male/72 PMF 1/3 2 SD 2.3+/2.3+ 0/2 0/4 35.0
Male/73 Post PV 1/1 2 SD 1.9+/2.1+ 1/2 0/10 53.3
Male/71 PMF 2/2 2 SD 2.0+/2.0+ 0/2 0/7 10.5
Male/64 PMF 0/0 3 SD 2.8+/3.8+ 0/0 0/10 7.7
Female/78 Post PV 0/1 2 SD 1.8+/4.8+ 0/0 0/0 22.2

Abbreviations: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; IWG-MRT, International Working Group for Myelofibrosis Research and Treatment; MF, myelofibrosis; ND, not determined; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival; Plt, platelet; post-ET, post-essential thrombocythaemia; post-PV, post-polycythaemia vera; PMF, primary myelofibrosis; PS, performance status; RBC, red blood cell; SD, stable disease; WPC, worst per cycle.

a

Best response as per IWG-MRT.

b

Maximal reduction from baseline by spleen palpation, which was reached within the first two cycles and persisted less than 8 weeks in all patients measured.

c

Time to response was 1.9 months.

+: Censored data.