Compassionate use of ruxolitinib in acute and chronic graft versus host disease refractory both to corticosteroids and extracorporeal photopheresis.

Background: Ruxolitinib is a potent inhibitor of JAK1/2 with proven efficacy in myelofibrosis. In recent years, research in graft versus host disease (GVHD) has revealed the role of activation of JAK pathways in alloreactive lymphocytes. Some reports have shown significant responses in refractory GVHD patients.

Response and survival in acute myeloid leukemia patients not candidates to transplantation treated with azacitidine versus palliative treatment: a retrospective study.

Introduction: Acute myeloid leukemia has a high mortality if untreated. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the only curative treatment so far. Patients who are not eligible to receive a transplant can be treated with hypomethylating agents that have shown to improve disease-free and overall survival.

[Treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with rituximab. Report of eight cases].

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, an immune/non-immune thrombotic microangiopathy (TTP/TMA) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, even with appropriate treatment. In patients refractory to standard treatment with plasmapheresis there is no certainty about the best therapeutic strategy. This report shows our experience in eight refractory patients who survived after treatment with rituximab.

[Retrospective study comparing low-dose versus standard dose of bortezomib in patients with multiple myeloma].

Introduction: Bortezomib is a selective inhibitor of the proteosoma that is used in multiple myeloma. In combination with other antineoplastic drugs, it has a well-documented impact in progression-free survival rates and overall survival rates with standard doses (1.3-1.