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How many patients are on disease modifying treatments for #SCD - data from 2014-2021 presented by Dr. Terri Newman. @ash22 1/n
We're talking about #Hydroxyurea and in 2017, expanded use of #HU as well as L-glutamine and then in 2019 #voxelotor and #crizanlizumab. #ASH22 2/n
They looked at 5022 patients with Rx of DMTs. Those on DMTs were surprisingly mostly in the 18-45 group (the box is wrong on the screenshot) and mostly male and had more VOCs. #ASH22 3/n 
#Voxelotor #SCD real world outcomes Q&A -- Q: what about concurrent HU vs not? A: we have thatdata, will get to it! 1/n
Q: what about stroke? A: it's mostly in pediatrics, and dataset is limited so REALLY important, but not from this data just yet. Here are his conclusions. 2/n
Q: improved outcomes here especially with VOC.. can we normalize against # of visits since pandemic may impact this? A: great point! Q: What about decreased ACS? A: No we haven't analyzed ACS but we have to have a # of rates to analyze it. 3/n
