Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia who maintain a complete molecular response after stopping imatinib treatment have evidence of persistent leukemia by DNA …

DM Ross, S Branford, JF Seymour, AP Schwarer… - Leukemia, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract Around 40–50% of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who achieve a
stable complete molecular response (CMR; undetectable breakpoint cluster region-Abelson …

Early molecular response and female sex strongly predict stable undetectable BCR-ABL1, the criteria for imatinib discontinuation in patients with CML

S Branford, DT Yeung, DM Ross… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Recent studies have demonstrated that some patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
can maintain remission after discontinuation of imatinib. A prerequisite is stable …

Monitoring patients in complete cytogenetic remission after treatment of CML in chronic phase with imatinib: patterns of residual leukaemia and prognostic factors for …

D Marin, J Kaeda, R Szydlo, S Saunders, A Fleming… - Leukemia, 2005 - nature.com
We monitored BCR–ABL transcript levels by quantitative real-time PCR in 103 patients
treated with imatinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia in chronic phase for a median of 30.3 …

Achieving a major molecular response at the time of a complete cytogenetic response (CCgR) predicts a better duration of CCgR in imatinib-treated chronic myeloid …

I Iacobucci, G Saglio, G Rosti, N Testoni, F Pane… - Clinical Cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: Most patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who receive
imatinib achieve a complete cytogenetic remission (CCgR) and low levels of BCR-ABL …

Long-term treatment-free remission of chronic myeloid leukemia with falling levels of residual leukemic cells

DM Ross, IS Pagani, N Shanmuganathan, CH Kok… - Leukemia, 2018 - nature.com
Following the achievement of deep molecular response on tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs),
approximately half of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can discontinue TKI and …

Discontinuation of imatinib therapy after achieving a molecular response

J Cortes, S O'Brien, H Kantarjian - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
Imatinib has become standard therapy for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia
(CML). A complete cytogenetic response can be achieved in 75% to 90% of patients treated …

BCR-ABL messenger RNA levels continue to decline in patients with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia treated with imatinib for more than 5 years and …

S Branford, JF Seymour, A Grigg, C Arthur… - Clinical Cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Purpose: In the first years of imatinib treatment, BCR-ABL remained detectable in all but a
small minority of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. We determined whether BCR-ABL …

BCR-ABL mRNA levels at and after the time of a complete cytogenetic response (CCR) predict the duration of CCR in imatinib mesylate–treated patients with CML

RD Press, Z Love, AA Tronnes, R Yang, T Tran… - Blood, 2006 - ashpublications.org
Although most patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) treated with imatinib mesylate
achieve a complete cytogenetic response (CCR), some patients will relapse. To determine …

Bcr-Abl expression levels determine the rate of development of resistance to imatinib mesylate in chronic myeloid leukemia

DJ Barnes, D Palaiologou, E Panousopoulou… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) starts with the acquisition of a BCR-ABL fusion gene in a
single hematopoietic stem cell, but the time to progression is unpredictable. Although the …

A half-log increase in BCR-ABL RNA predicts a higher risk of relapse in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia with an imatinib-induced complete cytogenetic …

RD Press, C Galderisi, R Yang, C Rempfer… - Clinical Cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Purpose: Imatinib induces a complete cytogenetic response (CCR) in most chronic myeloid
leukemia patients in chronic phase. Although CCR is usually durable, a minority of patients …