Fabio Efficace, PhD1*, Paola Fazi2*, Cristina Santoro, MD3*, Gianluca Gaidano, MD, PhD4, Francesco Cottone1*, Alessandra Borchiellini5*, Monica Carpenedo, MD6*, Maria Pina Simula7*, Valeria Di Giacomo8*, Ivana Pierri, MD9*, Francesco Nobile10*, Francesco Rodeghiero11, Laura Scaramucci12*, Alessandro Rambaldi, MD13, Nicola Cascavilla, MD14*, Fabio Forghieri15*, Annamaria Petrungaro16*, Paolo Ditonno17*, Giorgio La Nasa18*, Sonia Cirrincione19*, Franco Mandelli, MD1 and Maria Gabriella Mazzucconi, MD20*
1Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA), Data Center and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Rome, Italy
2GIMEMA Data Center, Rome, Italy
3University of Rome “Sapienza”, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Rome, Italy
4Division of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
5Hemostasis/Thrombosis Unit and Hemophilia Centre, Azienda Ospedaliera/Universitaria S. Giovanni Battista – Molinette, Turin, Italy
6Hematology and Transplant Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
7Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ospedale Oncologico di Riferimento Regionale Armando Businco, Cagliari, Italy
8Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera Papardo, Messina, Italy
9Hematology Clinic, IRCSS AOU S.Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
10Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli,, Reggio Calabria, Italy
11Department of Cell Therapy and Hematology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
12Department of Haematology, S. Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
13Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
14Hematology and BMT Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
15Department of Oncology, Hematology and Respiratory Diseases, Section of Hematology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
16Division of Hematology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
17Hematology Unit, “Di Venere” Hospital, Bari, Italy
18Bone Marrow Transplant Center, R. Binaghi Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
19Unit of Transfusion and Hematology, Treviglio Hospital, Treviglio, Italy
20Centro Regionale di Riferimento per l’Emofilia e Sindromi Correlate, Università Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy