The risk of thrombosis in essential thrombocythemia is associated with the type of <i>CALR</i> mutation: A multicentre collaborative study
Manuel Pérez‐Encinas, Marta Sobas, María Teresa Gómez‐Casares, Aitor Abuín Blanco, María Soledad Noya Pereira, José María Raya, Marcio Andrade‐Campos, Alberto Álvarez Larrán, Krzysztof Lewandowski, Szukalski Łukasz, Juan Carlos Hernández‐Boluda, Francisca Ferrer‐Marín, María Laura Fox, Aleksandra Gołoś, Mercedes Gasior Kabat, Elena Magro Mazo, Anna Czyż, Alejandro Martín Martín, Beatríz Bellosillo, Celsa Quinteiro García, Jesús M. González‐Martín, Ruth Stuckey
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: In patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET), after the JAK2V617F driver mutation, mutations in CALR are common (classified as type 1, 52-bp deletion or type 2, 5-bp insertion). CALR mutations have generally been associated with a lower risk of thrombosis. This study aimed to confirm the impact of CALR mutation type on thrombotic risk. METHODS: We retrospectively investigated 983 ET patients diagnosed in Spanish and Polish hospitals. RESULTS: With 7.5 years of median follow-up from diagnosis, 155 patients (15.8%) had one or more thrombotic event. The 5-year thrombosis-free survival (TFS) rate was 83.8%, 91.6% and 93.9% for the JAK2V617F, CALR-type 1 and CALR-type 2 groups, respectively (P = .002). Comparing CALR-type 1 and CALR-type 2 groups, TFS for venous thrombosis was lower in CALR-type 1 (P = .046), with no difference in TFS for arterial thrombosis observed. The cumulative incidence of thrombosis was significantly different comparing JAK2V617F vs CALR-type 2 groups but not JAK2V617F vs CALR-type 1 groups. Moreover, CALR-type 2 mutation was a statistically significant protective factor for thrombosis with respect to JAK2V617F in multivariate logistic regression (OR: 0.45, P = .04) adjusted by age. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that CALR mutation type has prognostic value for the stratification of thrombotic risk in ET patients.