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Table 2 Treatment response rate in MDS/CMML patients after IPS

From: Utility of indium-111 platelet scintigraphy for understanding the mechanism of thrombocytopenia associated with myelodysplastic syndromes and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

Treatment

Positive IPS (n = 10)

Negative IPS (n = 11)

Platelet transfusion

3/6 (50%)

6/6 (100%)

Steroids

2/6 (33%)

0/4 (0%)

IVIG

1/4 (25%)

0/4 (0%)

Dapsone

0/2 (0%)

0/2 (0%)

Rituximab

0/2 (0%)

0/2 (0%)

TPO-RAs

0/1 (0%)

0/2 (0%)

Danatrol

1/1 (100%)

0/2 (0%)

Azacitidine

1/4 (25%)

1/2 (50%)

  1. IPS, Indium-111 platelet scintigraphy; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; TPO-RAs, thrombopoietin receptor agonists