www.thelancet.com/haematology Vol 7 March 2020
Summary
The PROUD-PV and CONTINUATION-PV trials aimed to compare the novel monopegylated interferon ropeginterferon alfa-2b with hydroxyurea, the standard therapy for patients with polycythaemia vera, over 3 years of treatment.
« Implications of all the available evidence Taken together with pre-existing evidence, these findings suggest that ropeginterferon alfa-2b can be considered as first-line cytoreductive therapy instead of hydroxyurea and should therefore change treatment algorithms for polycythaemia vera »