Introduction
Disease | Major criteria | Minor criteria | Diagnosis | Reference |
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Polycythaemia vera | 1. Hb > 16.5 g/dL (M) 16.0 g/dL (F) or, haematocrit > 49% (M) 48% (Female) or, increased red cell mass (> 125%)a 2. Bone marrow biopsy with characteristic morphology 3. Presence of JAK2 V617F or JAK2 exon 12 mutation | 1. Serum erythropoietin level below normal | All 3 major criteria or, Top 2 major and the minor criteria | [1] |
Essential Thrombocythaemia | 1. Platelet count > 450 × 109/L 2. Bone marrow biopsy with characteristic morphology 3. Not meeting criteria for another MPN/myeloid neoplasm 4. Presence of JAK2, CALR, or MPL | 1. Presence of another clonal marker or absence of evidence for a reactive thrombocytosis | All 4 major criteria or, Top 3 major and the minor criteria | [1] |
Pre-fibrotic primary myelofibrosis | 1. Bone marrow biopsy with characteristic morphology without reticulin fibrosis > grade 1 2. Not meeting criteria for another MPN/myeloid neoplasm 3. Presence of JAK2, CALR or MPL mutation, or, another clonal marker, or, no identifiable cause of reactive fibrosis | 1. Anaemia not caused by a co-morbid condition 2. Leukocytosis ≥ 11 × 109/L 3. Palpable Splenomegaly 4. Lactate dehydrogenase above upper limit of normal | All 3 major criteria plus at least one minor criteria (confirmed on two separate measurements) | [1] |
Myelofibrosis | 1. Bone marrow biopsy with characteristic morphology with either reticulin or collagen fibrosis grades 2 or 3 2. Not meeting criteria for another MPN/myeloid neoplasm 3. Presence of JAK2, CALR or MPL mutation, or, another clonal marker, or, no identifiable cause of reactive fibrosis | 1. Anaemia not caused by a co-morbid condition 2. Leukocytosis ≥ 11 × 109/L 3. Palpable Splenomegaly 4. Lactate dehydrogenase above upper limit of normal 5. Leukoerythroblastosis | All 3 major criteria plus at least one minor criteria (confirmed on two separate measurements) | [1] |
Blast phase MPN | Patients with MPN and peripheral or bone marrow myeloid blast percentage > 20% | Major criteria met | [11] |
JAK/STAT signalling in MPN
Driver mutations activating JAK/STAT signalling
STAT proteins in MPN
Non-JAK/STAT signalling in MPN
Negative regulation of intracellular signalling in MPN
Co-occurring mutations and clonal evolution in MPN
Prognostic implications
Clonal structure and evolution
Mutational order
Cell of origin
Predisposing factors
Epigenetic dysregulation
Targeted therapy
Drug class | Drug | Approved/trial | |
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JAK-STAT signalling | JAK inhibition | Ruxolitinib | Approved |
Fedratinib | Approved | ||
Momelotinib | Phase III trial (NCT04173494) | ||
Pacritinib | Phase III trials (NCT03165734) | ||
Non-JAK/STAT intracellular signalling | PI3K inhibition | Parsaclisib | Phase III (NCT04551066) |
PIM inhibition | PIM447 | Phase I (NCT02370706) | |
Targeted inhibition of mutated proteins | IDH2 inhibition | Enasidenib | Phase II (NCT04281498) |
Cell of origin | Interferon-α | Peginterferon-alpha-2A | Approved |
Ropeginterferon-alpha-2B | Approveda | ||
Predisposing factors | Telomerase inhibition | Imetelstat | Phase III (NCT04576156) |
Epigenetic dysregulation | Hypomethylating agents | Azacitidine | Phase II (NCT01787487) |
Decitabine | Phase II (NCT0428187) | ||
Histone deacetylase (HDAc) inhibitor | Panobinostat | Phase I/II (NCT01693601) | |
Givinostat | Phase II (NCT01761968) | ||
BET inhibitors | CPI-0610 | Phase I/II (NCT02158858) | |
LSD1 inhibitors | IMG-7289 (bomedemstat) | Phase II (NCT03136185) | |
Other | IMiDs | Thalidomide | Phase II (NCT03069326) |
BCL2/BCL-Xl inhibitors | Navitoclax | Phase II (NCT03222609) | |
MDM2 inhibition | KRT-232 | Phase II (NCT03662126) | |
Aurora kinase inhibition | Alisertib | Phase N/A (NCT02530619) | |
PD-1 inhibition | Pembrolizumab | Phase II (NCT03065400) | |
TGF-beta signalling interference | Luspatercept | Phase II (NCT04717414) | |
Sotatercept | Phase II (NCT01712308) | ||
Anti-CD123 | Tagraxofusp | Phase II (NCT02268253) |