COMFORT-I and COMFORT-II: Long-Term Results with Ruxolitinib for Myelofibrosis


COMFORT-I and COMFORT-II: Long-Term Results with Ruxolitinib for Myelofibrosis
Slides from presentations at ASH 2012 and transcribed comments from a recent interview with Moshe Talpaz, MD (2/19/13)

Verstovsek S et al. Long-term outcome of ruxolitinib treatment in patients with myelofibrosis: Durable reductions in spleen volume, improvements in quality of life, and overall survival advantage in COMFORT-I. Proc ASH 2012;Abstract 800.

Cervantes F et al. Long-term safety, efficacy, and survival findings from Comfort-II, a Phase 3 study comparing ruxolitinib with best available therapy (BAT) for the treatment of myelofibrosis (MF). Proc ASH 2012;Abstract 801.

Dr Talpaz is Alexander J Trotman Professor of Leukemia Research, Associate Director of Translational Research at UM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Associate Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology and Director of Hematologic Malignancies at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.