A Phase 3 Trial of Luspatercept in Patients with Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia.
Cappellini MD, Viprakasit V, Taher AT, Georgiev P, Kuo KHM, Coates T, Voskaridou E, Liew HK, Pazgal-Kobrowski I, Forni GL, Perrotta S, Khelif A, Lal A, Kattamis A, Vlachaki E, Origa R, Aydinok Y, Bejaoui M, Ho PJ, Chew LP, Bee PC, Lim SM, Lu MY, Tantiworawit A, Ganeva P, Gercheva L, Shah F, Neufeld EJ, Thompson A, Laadem A, Shetty JK, Zou J, Zhang J, Miteva D, Zinger T, Linde PG, Sherman ML, Hermine O, Porter J, Piga A; BELIEVE Investigators.
Cappellini MD, et al.
N Engl J Med. 2020 Mar 26;382(13):1219-1231. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1910182.
N Engl J Med. 2020.
PMID: 32212518
Clinical Trial.
During any 12-week interval, the percentage of patients who had a reduction in transfusion burden of at least 33% was greater in the luspatercept group than in the placebo group (70.5% vs. 29.5%), as was the percentage of those who had a reduction of at least 50% (40.2% vs. 6.3%) …
During any 12-week interval, the percentage of patients who had a reduction in transfusion burden of at least 33% was greater in the luspate …