Long Term Follow up of Patients with CML in Chronic Phase Treated with First-Line Imatinib Suggests That Earlier Achievement of a Major Molecular Response Leads …

S Branford, R Lawrence, A Grigg, JF Seymour… - Blood, 2008 - Elsevier
A major molecular response (MMR) by 12 or 18 months (m) of standard dose imatinib for
patients (pts) with newly diagnosed chronic phase CML is associated with a low risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of response to imatinib by prospective quantitation of BCR-ABL transcript in late chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia patients

G Martinelli, I Iacobucci, G Rosti, F Pane, M Amabile… - Annals of oncology, 2006 - Elsevier
Abstract Imatinib mesylate (STI571), a specific Bcr-Abl inhibitor, has shown a potent
antileukemic activity in clinical studies of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients. Early …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Randomized Comparison of Imatinib 800 Mg Vs. Imatinib 400 Mg+/-IFN in Newly Diagnosed BCR/ABL Positive Chronic Phase CML: Analysis of Molecular …

R Hehlmann, S Jung-Munkwitz, M Lauseker, A Leitner… - Blood, 2009 - Elsevier
Abstract 339 Initial reports that high dose imatinib results in better responses more rapidly
than standard dose imatinib remain controversial. The German CML Study Group therefore …

[HTML][HTML] What challenges remain in chronic myeloid leukemia research?

AM Carella, S Branford, M Deininger, FX Mahon… - …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Editorials and Perspectives haematologica| 2013; 98 (8) 1169 four years. These results
were confirmed in the multicenter STop IMatinib (STIM) study. 14 The initial analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Continuing Reduction in Level of Residual Disease after 4 Years in Patients with CML in Chronic Phase Responding to First-Line Imatinib (IM) in the IRIS …

JM Goldman, T Hughes, J Radich, S Branford… - Blood, 2005 - Elsevier
Background and methods: The IRIS study initiated in June 2000 compared treating newly
diagnosed CML-CP pts with IM or interferon+ ara-C. Pts who achieved a complete …

Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Monitoring of BCR-ABL during Therapy with Imatinib Mesylate (STI571; Gleevec) in Chronic-Phase Chronic Myelogenous …

HM Kantarjian, M Talpaz, J Cortes, S O'Brien… - Clinical cancer …, 2003 - AACR
Purpose: The purpose of our investigation was to evaluate the response and minimal
residual disease by quantitative competitive PCR (QC-PCR) studies in patients with chronic …

In vitro sensitivity to imatinib-induced inhibition of ABL kinase activity is predictive of molecular response in patients with de novo CML

D White, V Saunders, AB Lyons, S Branford, A Grigg… - Blood, 2005 - ashpublications.org
Most patients with de novo chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) achieve good responses to
imatinib, but the rate and degree of molecular response is variable. We assessed the …

Long-term prognostic significance of early molecular response to imatinib in newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia: an analysis from the International …

TP Hughes, A Hochhaus, S Branford… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
This study examines the prognostic significance of early molecular response using an
expanded dataset in chronic myeloid leukemia patients enrolled in the International …

Sustained complete molecular response after imatinib discontinuation in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia not previously exposed to interferon alpha

D Verma, H Kantarjian, N Jain, J Cortes - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative disorder with a characteristic
hallmark, the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome, a balanced translocation t (9; 22)(q34; q11. 2) …