Imatinib mesylate has become the treatment of choice for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML): the standard dose for chronic- phase (CP) CML is 400 mg daily. Response rates are different according to Sokal score, being significantly lower in intermediate and high Sokal risk patients. Phase 1 and 2 trials have shown a dose- response effect and high-dose imatinib trials in early CP CML showed better results compared with standard dose. Our study is the first prospective trial planned to evaluate the efficacy and toler- ability of high-dose imatinib in previously untreated intermediate Sokal risk CML patients. Seventy-eight patients were treated with 400 mg imatinib twice daily: complete cytogenetic response (CCgR) rates at 12 and 24 months were 88% and 91%; moreover, at 12 and 24 months 56% and 73% of CCgR patients achieved a major molecular response. The incidence of adverse events was slightly higher than reported by the most important standard-dose trials. With a median follow-up of 24 months, 3 patients progressed to advanced phase. In intermediate Sokal risk newly diagnosed CML patients, high-dose imatinib induced rapid and high response rates, apparently faster than those documented in the International Randomized Study of IFN and Ima- tinib for the same risk category. These clinical trials are registered at www. clinicaltrials.gov as no. NCT00510926. © 2009 by The American Society of Hematology.

Castagnetti, F., Palandri, F., Amabile, M., Testoni, N., Luatti, S., Soverini, S., et al. (2009). Results of high-dose imatinib mesylate in intermediate Sokal risk chronic myeloid leukemia patients in early chronic phase: A phase 2 trial of the GIMEMA CML Working Party. BLOOD, 113(15), 3428-3434 [10.1182/blood-2007-08-103499].

Results of high-dose imatinib mesylate in intermediate Sokal risk chronic myeloid leukemia patients in early chronic phase: A phase 2 trial of the GIMEMA CML Working Party

BOCCHIA, MONICA
2009-01-01

Abstract

Imatinib mesylate has become the treatment of choice for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML): the standard dose for chronic- phase (CP) CML is 400 mg daily. Response rates are different according to Sokal score, being significantly lower in intermediate and high Sokal risk patients. Phase 1 and 2 trials have shown a dose- response effect and high-dose imatinib trials in early CP CML showed better results compared with standard dose. Our study is the first prospective trial planned to evaluate the efficacy and toler- ability of high-dose imatinib in previously untreated intermediate Sokal risk CML patients. Seventy-eight patients were treated with 400 mg imatinib twice daily: complete cytogenetic response (CCgR) rates at 12 and 24 months were 88% and 91%; moreover, at 12 and 24 months 56% and 73% of CCgR patients achieved a major molecular response. The incidence of adverse events was slightly higher than reported by the most important standard-dose trials. With a median follow-up of 24 months, 3 patients progressed to advanced phase. In intermediate Sokal risk newly diagnosed CML patients, high-dose imatinib induced rapid and high response rates, apparently faster than those documented in the International Randomized Study of IFN and Ima- tinib for the same risk category. These clinical trials are registered at www. clinicaltrials.gov as no. NCT00510926. © 2009 by The American Society of Hematology.
2009
Castagnetti, F., Palandri, F., Amabile, M., Testoni, N., Luatti, S., Soverini, S., et al. (2009). Results of high-dose imatinib mesylate in intermediate Sokal risk chronic myeloid leukemia patients in early chronic phase: A phase 2 trial of the GIMEMA CML Working Party. BLOOD, 113(15), 3428-3434 [10.1182/blood-2007-08-103499].
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