Uwe Platzbecker, MD, discusses how to navigate decisions for the first-line treatment of anemia in patients with lower-risk MDS in light of luspatercept’s approval, expands on key data from the COMMANDS trial, and addresses potential concerns from clinicians who are uncertain about when to utilize this agent in the frontline setting in clinical practice.
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD, discusses the investigation of luspatercept vs epoetin alfa in patients with erythropoiesis-stimulating agent-naïve, lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes and disease-related anemia who requires red blood cell transfusions.