Clinical and Disease Characteristics From REVEAL at Time of Enrollment (Baseline): Prospective Observational Study of Patients With Polycythemia Vera in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Polycythemia vera (PV) has a prevalence of 44 to 57 per 100,000 people in the United States. Prospective data concerning the demographics, clinical characteristics, and treatment patterns of patients with PV in the United States are lacking.

Patients and methods

The ongoing, prospective, observational REVEAL study evaluates demographics, disease burden, clinical management, patient-reported outcomes, and health care resource utilization of adult patients with PV in the United States. This report summarizes the demographics and clinical characteristics of patients at enrollment (baseline).

Results

Patients (n = 2510) were a median age of 67.0 years, 54.2% were male, and 89.1% were white. The median time from PV diagnosis to study enrollment was 4.0 (range, 0

SUBMITTER: Grunwald MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8148982 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature