Table 1.

Main patient characteristics in the whole cohort and according to post-RUX SPM occurrence

All, n = 219No SPM post-RUX, n = 201SPM post-RUX, excluding NMSC, n = 9NMSC post-RUX, n = 9
Sex, M/F 129/90 116/85 6/3 7/2 
Median age at diagnosis (range), y 62 (19-83) 61 (19-83) 62 (46-69) 67 (35-73) 
Diagnosis     
 PMF 99 90 
 Post-ET MF 37 34 
 Post-PV MF 83 77 
Mutational status     
 JAK2 mutated 160 147 
 CALR mutated 33 30 
 MPL mutated 
 Triple negative 
 Comutated 
 NA* 11 11 
IPSS score at diagnosis (for PMF patients only, available in 89)     
 Low 27 26 
 Intermediate-1 20 18 
 Intermediate-2 22 19 
 High 20 19 
MYSEC-PM score at diagnosis (for SMF patients only, available in 107)     
 Low 26 25 
 Intermediate-1 54 48 
 Intermediate-2 20 18 
 High 
Median time from diagnosis to RUX start (range), mo 30 (0-294) 30 (0-294) 30 (8-149) 38 (1-59) 
At RUX start     
 Median age (range), y 66 (24-84) 65 (24-84) 67 (49-74) 70 (67-78) 
 Median WBC (range), ×109/L 11.0 (1.8-70.0) 11.1 (1.8-70.0) 12.9 (5.3-31.1) 10.3 (4.2-23.3) 
 Median Hb (range), g/dL 10.4 (5.8-16.0) 10.4 (5.8-16.0) 10.0 (8.8-12.4) 11.1 (8.9-13.5) 
 Median PLT (range), ×109/L 213 (14-1425) 212 (14-1425) 387 (75-503) 249 (61-570) 
 Median peripheral blood blasts (range), % 1 (0-12) 1 (0-12) 2 (0-6) 1 (0-6) 
 Constitutional symptoms, absent/present/NA 72/141/6 67/129/5 2/7/0 3/5/1 
 Median palpable splenomegaly from lcm (range), cm 10.0 (0.0-34.0) 10.0 (0.0-34.0) 9.5 (5.0-24.0) 10.0 (5.0-19.0) 
 DIPSS score, for PMF patients only, available in 95     
  Low 
  Intermediate-1 36 36 
  Intermediate-2 41 34 
  High 15 13 
Median follow-up after RUX start (range), mo 24 (0-110) 23 (0-110) 31 (12-75) 39 (7-56) 
Median RUX exposure (range), mo 18 (0-110) 17 (0-110) 31 (12-75) 39 (7-56) 
SPM pre-RUX, all types 20 16 
SPM pre-RUX, excluding NMSC 16 14 
All, n = 219No SPM post-RUX, n = 201SPM post-RUX, excluding NMSC, n = 9NMSC post-RUX, n = 9
Sex, M/F 129/90 116/85 6/3 7/2 
Median age at diagnosis (range), y 62 (19-83) 61 (19-83) 62 (46-69) 67 (35-73) 
Diagnosis     
 PMF 99 90 
 Post-ET MF 37 34 
 Post-PV MF 83 77 
Mutational status     
 JAK2 mutated 160 147 
 CALR mutated 33 30 
 MPL mutated 
 Triple negative 
 Comutated 
 NA* 11 11 
IPSS score at diagnosis (for PMF patients only, available in 89)     
 Low 27 26 
 Intermediate-1 20 18 
 Intermediate-2 22 19 
 High 20 19 
MYSEC-PM score at diagnosis (for SMF patients only, available in 107)     
 Low 26 25 
 Intermediate-1 54 48 
 Intermediate-2 20 18 
 High 
Median time from diagnosis to RUX start (range), mo 30 (0-294) 30 (0-294) 30 (8-149) 38 (1-59) 
At RUX start     
 Median age (range), y 66 (24-84) 65 (24-84) 67 (49-74) 70 (67-78) 
 Median WBC (range), ×109/L 11.0 (1.8-70.0) 11.1 (1.8-70.0) 12.9 (5.3-31.1) 10.3 (4.2-23.3) 
 Median Hb (range), g/dL 10.4 (5.8-16.0) 10.4 (5.8-16.0) 10.0 (8.8-12.4) 11.1 (8.9-13.5) 
 Median PLT (range), ×109/L 213 (14-1425) 212 (14-1425) 387 (75-503) 249 (61-570) 
 Median peripheral blood blasts (range), % 1 (0-12) 1 (0-12) 2 (0-6) 1 (0-6) 
 Constitutional symptoms, absent/present/NA 72/141/6 67/129/5 2/7/0 3/5/1 
 Median palpable splenomegaly from lcm (range), cm 10.0 (0.0-34.0) 10.0 (0.0-34.0) 9.5 (5.0-24.0) 10.0 (5.0-19.0) 
 DIPSS score, for PMF patients only, available in 95     
  Low 
  Intermediate-1 36 36 
  Intermediate-2 41 34 
  High 15 13 
Median follow-up after RUX start (range), mo 24 (0-110) 23 (0-110) 31 (12-75) 39 (7-56) 
Median RUX exposure (range), mo 18 (0-110) 17 (0-110) 31 (12-75) 39 (7-56) 
SPM pre-RUX, all types 20 16 
SPM pre-RUX, excluding NMSC 16 14 

DIPSS, Dynamic International Prognostic Scoring System; ET, essential thrombocythemia; F, female; Hb, hemoglobin; IPSS, International Prognostic Scoring System; lcm, left costal margin; M, male; MF, myelofibrosis; MYSEC-PM, Myelofibrosis Secondary to PV and ET–Prognostic Model; NA, not available; NMSC, nonmelanoma skin cancer; PLT, platelet; PMF, primary myelofibrosis; PV, polycythemia vera; RUX, ruxolitinib; SMF, secondary myelofibrosis; SPM, second primary malignancy; WBC, white blood cell.

*

NA includes patients who have tested 1 or 2 driver mutations and resulted unmutated but cannot be defined "triple negative" (TN) because not all 3 driver mutations have been studied, and patients for whom the driver mutational status is not available.

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