Recent progress of JAK inhibitors for hematological disorders

AbstractJAK inhibitors are important therapeutic options for hematological disorders, especially myeloproliferative neoplasms. Ruxolitinib, the first JAK inhibitor approved for clinical use, improves splenomegaly and ameliorates constitutional symptoms in both myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera pat...

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Main Author: Keita Kirito
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-07-01
Series:Immunological Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25785826.2022.2139317
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description AbstractJAK inhibitors are important therapeutic options for hematological disorders, especially myeloproliferative neoplasms. Ruxolitinib, the first JAK inhibitor approved for clinical use, improves splenomegaly and ameliorates constitutional symptoms in both myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera patients. Ruxolitinib is also useful for controlling hematocrit levels in polycythemia vera patients who were inadequately controlled by conventional therapies. Furthermore, pretransplantation use of ruxolitinib may improve the outcome of allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in myelofibrosis. In contrast to these clinical merits, evidence of the disease-modifying action of ruxolitinib, i.e., reduction of malignant clones or improvement of bone marrow pathological findings, is limited, and many myelofibrosis patients discontinued ruxolitinib due to adverse events or disease progression. To overcome these limitations of ruxolitinib, several new types of JAK inhibitors have been developed. Among them, fedratinib was proven to provide clinical merits even in patients who were resistant or intolerant to ruxolitinib. Pacritinib and momelotinib have shown merits for myelofibrosis patients with thrombocytopenia or anemia, respectively. In addition to treatment for myeloproliferative neoplasms, recent studies have demonstrated that JAK inhibitors are novel and attractive therapeutic options for corticosteroid-refractory acute as well as chronic graft versus host disease.
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spelling doaj.art-20aea60545ba48ff8c19cfdc13e9193d2023-08-01T12:02:17ZengTaylor & Francis GroupImmunological Medicine2578-58262023-07-0146313114210.1080/25785826.2022.2139317Recent progress of JAK inhibitors for hematological disordersKeita Kirito0Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, JapanAbstractJAK inhibitors are important therapeutic options for hematological disorders, especially myeloproliferative neoplasms. Ruxolitinib, the first JAK inhibitor approved for clinical use, improves splenomegaly and ameliorates constitutional symptoms in both myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera patients. Ruxolitinib is also useful for controlling hematocrit levels in polycythemia vera patients who were inadequately controlled by conventional therapies. Furthermore, pretransplantation use of ruxolitinib may improve the outcome of allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in myelofibrosis. In contrast to these clinical merits, evidence of the disease-modifying action of ruxolitinib, i.e., reduction of malignant clones or improvement of bone marrow pathological findings, is limited, and many myelofibrosis patients discontinued ruxolitinib due to adverse events or disease progression. To overcome these limitations of ruxolitinib, several new types of JAK inhibitors have been developed. Among them, fedratinib was proven to provide clinical merits even in patients who were resistant or intolerant to ruxolitinib. Pacritinib and momelotinib have shown merits for myelofibrosis patients with thrombocytopenia or anemia, respectively. In addition to treatment for myeloproliferative neoplasms, recent studies have demonstrated that JAK inhibitors are novel and attractive therapeutic options for corticosteroid-refractory acute as well as chronic graft versus host disease.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25785826.2022.2139317JAK inhibitormyeloproliferative neoplasmsmyelofibrosisruxolitinibGVHD
spellingShingle Keita Kirito
Recent progress of JAK inhibitors for hematological disorders
Immunological Medicine
JAK inhibitor
myeloproliferative neoplasms
myelofibrosis
ruxolitinib
GVHD
title Recent progress of JAK inhibitors for hematological disorders
title_full Recent progress of JAK inhibitors for hematological disorders
title_fullStr Recent progress of JAK inhibitors for hematological disorders
title_full_unstemmed Recent progress of JAK inhibitors for hematological disorders
title_short Recent progress of JAK inhibitors for hematological disorders
title_sort recent progress of jak inhibitors for hematological disorders
topic JAK inhibitor
myeloproliferative neoplasms
myelofibrosis
ruxolitinib
GVHD
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25785826.2022.2139317
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