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Published in final edited form as: Blood. 2018 Jun 14;132(7):694–706. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-10-810739

Table 2. Clinical, pathological, and genetic features of patients who developed aggressive B-cell lymphomas during JAK1/2 inhibition.

Patient 1 (Vienna) Patient 2 (Vienna) Patient 3 (Vienna) Patient 4 (Vienna) Patient 5 (Paris) Patient 6 (Paris)
Sex Female Female Female Male Female Female

MPN PV post-PV MF PMF PMF PMF ET post-ET MF PMF
   Age at MPN 22 (PV) 45 71 70 66 (ET) 50
54 (post-PV MF) 69 (post-ET MF)
   JAK2V617 F mutation in MPN Positive Positive Positive Positive Negative (CALR mutation) Positive
   Treatment before JAK1/2 inhibition Phlebotomy Anagrelide Hydroxyurea Hydroxyurea None Anagrelide None
Intron A Hydroxyurea
Pipobroman Pipobroman
Hydroxyurea EPO
   JAK1/2 inhibitor Ruxolitinib Ruxolitinib Fedratinib Ruxolitinib Ruxolitinib Ruxolitinib Ruxolitinib
   Time from diagnosis of MPN to diagnosis of NHL, years 35 (PV to NHL) 14 2 4 6 (ETto NHL) 3
3 (post-PV MF to NHL) 3 (post-ET MF to NHL)
   Time (months) from JAK1/2 inhibition to diagnosis of NHL 20 35 13 30 17 28
   Age at NHL 57 59 73 74 72 53

NHL HGBL DLBCL DLBCL DLBCL DLBCL DLBCL
   Antilymphoma treatment Burkitt Protocol, Buparlisib (BKM120) EPOCH-R R-CHOP R-CHOP R-CHOP R-CHOP R-CHOP
   Outcome PD, Death CR ongoing CRu, early relapse, death CRu, sAML, death CR PR, Death
   NHL manifestation BM, PB, LN BM, PB, LN Mammary gland; at relapse: >BM, PB Mucosa LN BM
   COO Not applicable GCB Non-GCB Non-GCB Non-GCB Non-GCB
   CS/IPI IV E / 4-5 IV E/2 II E / 3 I E / 2 II / 2 IV E/2
   DHS 2 2 2 1
   IHC Negative
      MYC (40%) 85% 80% 80% 70% Negative
      BCL2 (50%) 100% 100% 100% 5% Positive
      BCL6 (30%) 2% 80% 40% 40% Positive
      p53 (30%) 100% 80% 80% 70%
   FISH
      MYC Translocation Translocation Normal Normal
      BCL2 Amplification Translocation Normal Normal
      BCL6 Normal Translocation n.d. Translocation
      TPS3 Deletion Normal Normal Normal
   Targeted sequencing TMB: low (2 m/mb) TMB: high (22 m/mb) n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
IGH-MYC rearrangement IGH-BCL2 rearrangement
CDK6 amplification MYC A59T, SOCS1-MYC rearrangement
MLL2 R5086* CDKN2A p14ARF C15fs*28, p14ARF M1V
TP53 A159P BCL2 P59S, R129H
TNFRSF14 T169fs*65
KRAS G13D
B2M L15fs*41 BCL7A splice site 92 + 1G>A
FAS splice site 664_676+36del49
TAF1 R1049H
   JAK2V617F Mutation in NHL Negative Negative Negative Negative n.d. n.d.
   Detection of preexisting B-cell clone Yes Yes Not applicable Yes

COO, cell of origin; CR, complete remission; CRu, complete remission unconfirmed; CS, clinical stage according to Ann-Arbor classification; DHS, double-hit protein score; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; E, extranodal; EPOCH-R, immunochemotherapy (etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone with rituximab); FISH, fluorescent in-situ hybridization; GCB, germinal center B-cell like; HGBL, high grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangement; IHC, immunohistochemistry; IPI, international prognostic index; LN, lymph node; m/mb: mutations per megabase; n.d., not done; NGS, new-generation sequencing; non-GCB, nongerminal center B-cell like; PD, progressive disease; post-ET MF, postessential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis; post-PV MF, postpolycythemia vera myelofibrosis; R-CHOP: immunochemotherapy (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone); sAML, secondary acute myeloid leukemia; TMB, tumor mutation burden.