作者
Andreas Hochhaus, Richard A Larson, François Guilhot, Jerald P Radich, Susan Branford, Timothy P Hughes, Michele Baccarani, Michael W Deininger, Francisco Cervantes, Satoko Fujihara, Christine-Elke Ortmann, Hans D Menssen, Hagop Kantarjian, Stephen G O’Brien, Brian J Druker
发表日期
2017/3/9
期刊
New England Journal of Medicine
卷号
376
期号
10
页码范围
917-927
出版商
Massachusetts Medical Society
简介
Background
Imatinib, a selective BCR-ABL1 kinase inhibitor, improved the prognosis for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We conducted efficacy and safety analyses on the basis of more than 10 years of follow-up in patients with CML who were treated with imatinib as initial therapy.
Methods
In this open-label, multicenter trial with crossover design, we randomly assigned patients with newly diagnosed CML in the chronic phase to receive either imatinib or interferon alfa plus cytarabine. Long-term analyses included overall survival, response to treatment, and serious adverse events.
Results
The median follow-up was 10.9 years. Given the high rate of crossover among patients who had been randomly assigned to receive interferon alfa plus cytarabine (65.6%) and the short duration of therapy before crossover in these patients (median, 0.8 years), the current analyses focused on patients who had …
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