Comparison of placebo and best available therapy for the treatment of myelofibrosis in the phase 3 COMFORT studies.

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Published in Haematologica on August 02, 2013

Authors

Ruben A Mesa1, Jean-Jacques Kiladjian, Srdan Verstovsek, Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali, Jason Gotlib, Heinz Gisslinger, Richard Levy, Andres Siulnik, Vikas Gupta, Mahmudul Khan, John F DiPersio, Mari McQuitty, John V Catalano, Deborah S Hunter, Laurent Knoops, Michael Deininger, Francisco Cervantes, Carole Miller, Alessandro M Vannucchi, Richard T Silver, Tiziano Barbui, Moshe Talpaz, Giovanni Barosi, Elliott F Winton, Estella Mendeson, Jimmie H Harvey, Murat O Arcasoy, Elizabeth Hexner, Roger M Lyons, Ronald Paquette, Azra Raza, William Sun, Victor Sandor, Hagop M Kantarjian, Claire Harrison

Author Affiliations

1: claire.harrison@gstt.nhs.uk.

Associated clinical trials:

Controlled Myelofibrosis Study With Oral Janus-associated Kinase (JAK) Inhibitor Treatment-II: The COMFORT-II Trial | NCT00934544

COntrolled MyeloFibrosis Study With ORal JAK Inhibitor Treatment: The COMFORT-I Trial | NCT00952289

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