Infectious complications in patients on treatment with ruxolitinib: case report and review of the literature

MV Dioverti, OM Abu Saleh, AJ Tande - Infectious Diseases, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Primary myelofibrosis is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm that may cause
debilitating symptoms, which can be improved with the use of Ruxolitinib, a Janus kinase 2 …

Ruxolitinib in myelofibrosis: to be or not to be an immune disruptor

P Manduzio - Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Primary myelofibrosis (PMF) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm classified according to the
2016 revision of World Health Organization Classification of Tumors and Haematopoietic …

Infections associated with ruxolitinib: study in the French Pharmacovigilance database

P Sylvine, S Thomas, E Pirayeh… - Annals of …, 2018 - Springer
Ruxolitinib improves disease-related constitutional symptoms, splenomegaly and overall
survival in myelofibrosis. However, studies suggest that the drug exerts immunosuppressive …

Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis following treatment of myelofibrosis with ruxolitinib

MZ Abidi, J Haque, P Varma, H Olteanu… - Case Reports in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ruxolitinib is widely in use for treatment of myeloproliferative disorders. It causes inhibition
of the Janus kinase (JAK) signal transducer and activation of transcription (STAT) pathway …

Risk factors for infections and secondary malignancies in patients with a myeloproliferative neoplasm treated with ruxolitinib: a dual-center, propensity score-matched …

D Tremblay, A King, L Li, E Moshier, A Coltoff… - Leukemia & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Ruxolitinib is a JAK1/2 inhibitor approved for the treatment of myelofibrosis (MF) and
polycythemia vera (PV). Recent data have suggested the possibility of increased infectious …

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonitis complicating ruxolitinib therapy

SC Lee, J Feenstra, PR Georghiou - Case Reports, 2014 - casereports.bmj.com
Ruxolitinib is a novel inhibitor of the Janus kinase (JAK) pathway that has become available
for the treatment of myelofibrosis. There are increasing reports of opportunistic infections …

Ruxolitinib‐associated infections: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

F Lussana, M Cattaneo, A Rambaldi… - American journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ruxolitinib exerts immunosuppressive activity that may increase the risk of infectious
complications. We performed a systematic review of the literature with the aim of estimating …

Epidemiology, outcome, and risk factors for infectious complications in myelofibrosis patients receiving ruxolitinib: a multicenter study on 446 patients

N Polverelli, GA Palumbo, G Binotto… - Hematological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Infections represent one of the major concerns regarding the utilization of ruxolitinib (RUX)
in patients with myelofibrosis. With the aim to investigate epidemiology, outcome and risk …

Fatal disseminated tuberculosis during treatment with ruxolitinib plus prednisolone in a patient with primary myelofibrosis: a case report and review of the literature

Y Tsukamoto, J Kiyasu, M Tsuda, M Ikeda… - Internal …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A 73-year-old man with primary myelofibrosis (PMF) was being treated with hydroxyurea,
which was changed to ruxolitinib treatment because of worsening constitutional symptoms …

[HTML][HTML] Acute respiratory distress syndrome in a patient with primary myelofibrosis after ruxolitinib treatment discontinuation

Y Beauverd, K Samii - International journal of hematology, 2014 - Springer
Ruxolitinib is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor used for the treatment of myelofibrosis with
demonstrated efficacy for the alleviation of disease-related symptoms and splenomegaly …