DIPSS plus: A refined dynamic international prognostic scoring system for primary myelofibrosis that incorporates prognostic information from karyotype, platelet count, and transfusion status

Naseema Gangat, Domenica Caramazza, Rakhee Vaidya, Geeta George, Kebede Begna, Susan Schwager, Daniel Van Dyke, Curtis Hanson, Wenting Wu, Animesh Pardanani, Francisco Cervantes, Francesco Passamonti, Ayalew Tefferi

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Abstract

Purpose: The Dynamic International Prognostic Scoring System (DIPSS) for primary myelofibrosis (PMF) uses five risk factors to predict survival: age older than 65 years, hemoglobin lower than 10 g/dL, leukocytes higher than 25 × 109/L, circulating blasts ≥ 1%, and constitutional symptoms. The main objective of this study was to refine DIPSS by incorporating prognostic information from karyotype, platelet count, and transfusion status. Patients and Methods: Mayo Clinic databases for PMF were used to identify patients with available bone marrow histologic and cytogenetic information. Results: Seven hundred ninety-three consecutive patients were selected and divided into two groups based on whether or not their referral occurred within (n = 428; training set) or after (n = 365; test set) 1 year of diagnosis. Multivariable analysis identified DIPSS, unfavorable karyotype, platelets lower than 100 ± 109/L, and transfusion need as independent predictors of inferior survival. Hazard ratio (HR) -weighted adverse points were assigned to these variables to develop a composite prognostic model using the training set. The model was subsequently validated in the test set, and its application to all 793 patients resulted in median survivals of 185, 78, 35, and 16 months for low, intermediate-1 (HR, 2.2; 95% CI, 1.4 to 3.6), intermediate-2 (HR, 4.9; 95% CI, 3.2 to 7.7), and high-risk groups (HR, 10.7; 95% CI, 6.8 to 16.9), respectively (P < .001). Leukemia-free survival was predicted by the presence of thrombocytopenia or unfavorable karyotype (10-year risk of 31% v 12%; HR, 3.3; 95% CI, 1.9 to 5.6). Conclusion: DIPSS plus effectively combines prognostic information from DIPSS, karyotype, platelet count, and transfusion status to predict overall survival in PMF. In addition, unfavorable karyotype or thrombocytopenia predicts inferior leukemia-free survival.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)392-397
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Clinical Oncology
Volume29
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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