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Deletions of the derivative chromosome 9 occur in a subset of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and are associated with a poor prognosis on standard drug therapy. However, it is currently unknown if the presence of deletions influences the response to imatinib, an Abi-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor, that has recently shown excellent hematologic and cytogenetic responses in patients with CML. We, therefore, compared hematologic and cytogenetic responses with imatinib in 397 patients with CML, and survival and progression in 354 of these patients, according to deletion status and disease phase. We found no difference in survival between patients with and without deletions, contrasting with previous reports in cohorts with a lower proportion of patients treated with imatinib. However, the time to disease progression on imatinib treatment was significantly shorter for patients with deletions, both in chronic phase (P = .02) and advanced phases (P = .02). Moreover, both in chronic phase and more advanced phases of CML, hematologic and cytogenetic responses were uniformly lower in patients with deletions, with significant differences seen for hematologic response (P = .04), for major cytogenetic response (P = .008) in chronic phase, and for hematologic response in advanced phases (P = .007) of CML. This finding suggests that differences in survival may become apparent with longer follow-up. (C) 2003 by The American Society of Hematology.
Author(s): Huntly BJP, Guilhot F, Reid AG, Vassiliou G, Hennig E, Franke C, Byrne J, Brizard A, Niederwieser D, Freeman-Edward J, Cuthbert G, Bown N, Clark RE, Nacheva EP, Green AR, Deininger MWN
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Blood
Year: 2003
Volume: 102
Issue: 6
Pages: 2205-2212
ISSN (print): 0006-4971
ISSN (electronic): 1528-0020
Publisher: American Society of Hematology
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2002-09-2763
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-09-2763
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