What doctors really choose for polycythemia vera: a french record review
NCT ID NCT07839858
First seen Sep 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 25, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are reviewing medical records from 237 patients in France with polycythemia vera, a blood disorder where the body makes too many red blood cells. The study focuses on patients who started a second-line cytoreductive treatment between 2022 and 2023. It aims to describe which treatments doctors choose, why they switch, how well the treatments work in real life, and what side effects occur.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- The findings could help doctors understand which second-line treatments for polycythemia vera work best in everyday practice and why they switch therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a retrospective review of past medical records, so it can only show patterns and associations, not prove cause and effect. The results may not apply to other countries or newer treatments.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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237 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with PV who received a first dose of a second-line cytoreductive treatment between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2023.
- Ages
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18 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: 1. Male or female patient diagnosed with PV after 01 Jan 2014 according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. 2. Patient ≥ 18 years of age at the time of PV diagnosis. 3. Patient who received a first dose of a second-line cytoreductive treatment between 01 Jan 2022 and 31 Dec 2023. Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient alive at study initiation who opposed to data use for research purposes. 2. Patient who died before study initiation and who had opposed to data use for research purpose prior to their death. 3. Patient who took part in an interventional clinical trial(s) between 01 January 2022 and 31 December 2023.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Novartis Investigative Site
Bayonne, Bayonne Cedex, 64109, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Saint Priest Jarez, Pays de la Loire Region, 42270, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Aix-en-Provence, 13616, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Amiens, 80054, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Angers, 49933, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Antony, 92160, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Arras, 62022, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Aurillac, 15000, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Avignon, 84000, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Béziers, 34525, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Brest, 29200, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Cesson-Sévigné, 35576, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Challes-les-Eaux, 73190, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Chambéry, 73000, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Corbeil-Essonnes, 91100, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Dunkirk, 59240, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Essey-lès-Nancy, 54270, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Grenoble, 38043, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Le Bouscat, 33110, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Le Chesnay, 78150, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Le Coudray, 28630, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94275, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Le Mans, 72000, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Libourne, 33505, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Lille, 59037, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Lyon, 69373, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Marseille, 13005, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Montpellier, 34295, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Morlaix Cdex, 29672, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Nantes, 44277, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Nîmes, 30029, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Orléans, 45100, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Paris, 75013, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Paris, 75014, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Paris, 75015, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Paris, 75475, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Perpignan, 66046, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Pessac, 33604, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Pierre-Bénite, 69310, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Poitiers, 86021, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Quimper, 29000, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Rennescedex9, 35033, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Rochefort, 17301, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Roubaix, 59100, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Saint-Brieuc, 22000, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
St-Malo, 35400, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Strasbourg, 67085, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Trévenans, 90400, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Troyes, 10003, France
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