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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 Oct 7;41(11):2661–2670. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.121.316373

Table 1:

Representative overview of published literature on clinical outcomes of patients with ET and PV

MPN Subtype Study population (n) Follow up (time) Survival (time) Thrombosis (all) Thrombosis (arterial) Thrombosis (venous) Bleeding Transformation
ET118 891 0-27 years (median 6.2) Median overall survival 14.7 years (similar to sex and age standardized European population) 22% at 15 years Fibrotic 9%, Leukemic 2% (at 15 years)
ET47 (high vascular risk) 809 (404 HU plus aspirin, 405 anagrelide plus aspirin) 12-72 months (median 39) Death 27/404 (hydroxyurea plus aspirin)
31/405 (anagrelide plus aspirin)
17/404 (hydroxyurea plus aspirin)
37/405 (anagrelide plus aspirin)
14/404 (hydroxyurea plus aspirin)
3/405 (anagrelide plus aspirin)
Serious bleeding
8/404 (hydroxyurea plus aspirin)
22/405 (anagrelide plus aspirin)
Myelofibrosis
5/404 (hydroxyurea plus aspirin),
16/405 anagrelide plus aspirin)
AML or myelodysplasia 6/404 (hydroxyurea plus aspirin),
4/405 (anagrelide plus aspirin)
ET1, 119 (lacking high risk features for vascular events) 382 (final analysis included 176 aspirin alone and 192 aspirin plus hydroxycarbamide 0-187 months (median 73 months) Death 7/176 (aspirin alone), 10/182 (aspirin plus hydroxycarbamide) 7/176 (aspirin alone)

5/182 (aspirin plus hydroxycarbamide)
3/176 (aspirin alone)

4/182 (aspirin plus hydroxycarbamide)
Serious bleeding 2/176 (aspirin alone)3/182 (aspirin plus hydroxycarbamide) Myelofibrosis 5/176 aspirin alone, 1/182 hydroxycarbamide plus aspirin AML 2/176 aspirin alone, 3/182 hydroxycarbamide plus aspirin.
PV120 1638 Mean 2.7 years, STDEV 1.3 years (4393 person years) 3.7 deaths/100 patients/year (45% cardiovascular mortality, 13% haematological transformation) 5.5/100 patients/year Major bleeding
0.8/100 patients/year, any bleeding
2.9/100 patients/year
Haematologic transformation 1.3/100patients/year
PV62 518 (253 aspirin, 265 placebo) 1-3 years (1478 person-years) Death 9/253 aspirin, 18/265 placebo 8 out of 253 aspirin, 21/265 placebo 5/253 aspirin, 13/265 placebo 17/253 aspirin, 41/265 aspirin Major bleeding 3/253 aspirin, 2/265 placebo. Any bleeding 23/253 aspirin 14/265 placebo
PV43 365 (182 low target haematocrit <0.45, 183 high target haematocrit 0.45 to 0.5) 1.5-48.1 mos (median 31) Death 3/182 low haematocrit, 6/183 high haematocrit 8/182 low haematocrit, 20/183 high haematocrit 4/182 low haematocrit, 14/183 high haematocrit 1/182 low haematocrit, 6/183 high haematocrit 2/182 low haematocrit, 5/183 high haematocrit Myelofibrosis 6/182 low haematocrit, 2/183 high haematocrit. AML or myelodysplasia 2/182 low haematocrit, 1/183 high haematocrit