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Type: Journal article
Title: Safety and efficacy of switching to nilotinib 400 mg twice daily for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase with suboptimal response or failure on front-line imatinib or nilotinib 300 mg twice daily
Author: Hughes, T.
Hochhaus, A.
Kantarjian, H.
Cervantes, F.
Guilhot, F.
Niederwieser, D.
Le Coutre, P.
Rosti, G.
Ossenkoppele, G.
Lobo, C.
Shibayama, H.
Fan, X.
Menssen, H.
Kemp, C.
Larson, R.
Saglio, G.
Citation: Haematologica: the hematology journal, 2014; 99(7):1204-1211
Publisher: Ferrata Storti Foundation
Issue Date: 2014
ISSN: 0390-6078
1592-8721
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Timothy P. Hughes, Andreas Hochhaus, Hagop M. Kantarjian, Francisco Cervantes, François Guilhot, Dietger Niederwieser, Philipp D. le Coutre, Gianantonio Rosti, Gert Ossenkoppele, Clarisse Lobo, Hirohiko Shibayama, Xiaolin Fan, Hans D. Menssen, Charisse Kemp, Richard A. Larson, and Giuseppe Saglio
Abstract: In a randomized, phase III trial of nilotinib versus imatinib in patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase, more patients had suboptimal response or treatment failure on front-line imatinib than on nilotinib. Patients with suboptimal response/treatment failure on imatinib 400 mg once or twice daily or nilotinib 300 mg twice daily could enter an extension study to receive nilotinib 400 mg twice daily. After a 19-month median follow up, the safety profile of nilotinib 400 mg twice daily in patients switching from imatinib (n=35) was consistent with previous reports, and few new adverse events occurred in patients escalating from nilotinib 300 mg twice daily (n=19). Of patients previously treated with imatinib or nilotinib 300 mg twice daily, respectively, 15 of 26 (58%) and 2 of 6 (33%) without complete cytogenetic response at extension study entry, and 11 of 34 (32%) and 7 of 18 (39%) without major molecular response at extension study entry, achieved these responses at any time on nilotinib 400 mg twice daily. Estimated 18-month rates of freedom from progression and overall survival after entering the extension study were lower for patients switched from imatinib (85% and 87%, respectively) versus nilotinib 300 mg twice daily (95% and 94%, respectively). Nilotinib dose escalation was generally well tolerated and improved responses in about one-third of patients with suboptimal response/treatment failure. Switch to nilotinib improved responses in some patients with suboptimal response/treatment failure on imatinib, but many did not achieve complete cytogenetic response (clinicaltrials.gov identifiers: 00718263, 00471497 - extension).
Keywords: Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase
Benzamides
Piperazines
Pyrimidines
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Treatment Outcome
Treatment Failure
Follow-Up Studies
Drug Substitution
Imatinib Mesylate
Rights: ©2014 Ferrata Storti Foundation. This is an open-access paper.
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2013.091272
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2013.091272
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