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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Leuk Res. 2019 Feb 28;79:38–44. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2019.02.012

Table 4.

Symptom improvement: MPN-SAD and PGIC.

Time point, % improvement, cumulative* Lead-in cohort (N = 21)

MPN-SADn (%)
PGIC improvement **n (%)
TSS Spleen Constitutional§ nTSSǁ
Monthly mean at week 12 Cycle 4 day 1
 ≥50% 2 (9.52) 6 (28.57) 3 (14.29) 4 (19.05) Very much 1 (4.76)
 ≥30% 5 (23.81) 7 (33.33) 4 (19.05) 6 (28.57) Much 0
 ≥20% 8 (38.10) 8 (38.10) 6 (28.57) 7 (33.33) Minimally 4 (19.05)
Monthly mean at week 24 Cycle 7 day 1
 ≥50% 1 (4.76) 2(9.52) 2(9.52) 1 (4.76) Very much 0
 ≥30% 3 (14.29) 4 (19.05) 3 (14.29) 3 (14.20) Much 1 (4.76)
 ≥20% 4 (19.05) 5 (23.81) 3 (14.29) 4 (19.05) Minimally 2 (9.52)
Severe Subset†† (n = 14)
Monthly mean at week 12 Cycle 4 day 1
≥50% 2 (14.29) 4 (28.57) 2 (14.29) 2 (14.29) Very much 1 (7.14)
 ≥30% 4 (28.57) 5 (35.71) 3 (21.43) 4 (28.57) Much 0
 ≥20% 6 (42.86) 6 (42.86) 5 (35.71) 5 (35.71) Minimally 2 (14.29)
Monthly mean at week 24 Cycle 7 day 1
 ≥50% 1 (7.14) 2 (14.29) 0 1 (7.14) Very much 0
 ≥30% 1 (7.14) 3 (21.43) 1 (7.14) 1 (7.14) Much 1 (7.14)
 ≥20% 2 (14.29) 3 (21.43) 1 (7.14) 2 (14.29) Minimally 1 (7.14)

MPN-SAD = Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Symptom Assessment Diary; nTSS = new total symptom score; PGIC = Patient Global Impression of Change.

*

The cumulative frequency of patients is the total of each frequency added to its predecessor. The cumulative percentage of patients divides the cumulative frequency by the total number of observations.

Higher scores are associated with better health for functional scales and worse health for symptom scales.

Spleen-Related Symptom Score is the sum of early satiety and abdominal discomfort.

§

Constitutional Symptom Score is the sum of fatigue, night sweats, pruritus, and bone pain.

ǁ

nTSS is the sum of spleen-related symptoms and constitutional symptoms.

**

Since starting the study medication, my myelofibrosis symptoms are: 1 = Very much improved; 2 = Much improved; 3 = Minimally improved; 4 = No change; 5 = Minimally worse; 6 = Much worse; 7 = Very much worse.

††

Severe Subset are patients with a baseline (7-day average) MPN-SAD severity score ≥5 (on 0–10 scale) on at least one, or a severity score ≥3 on at least two of the following items: fatigue, early satiety, abdominal discomfort, inactivity, night sweats, pruritus, and/or bone pain.