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LEUKEMIA
Volume 32, Issue 7, Pages 1657-1669Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41375-018-0179-9
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG SU 122/3-1]
- Sonnenstrahl e.V. Dresden, Germany
- Peter-Escher Foundation, Leipzig, Germany
- Mitteldeutsche Kinderkrebsforschung Foundation, Leipzig, Germany
- German Federal Ministry of Research and Education [031A315, 031A424]
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A total of 156 patients (age range 1.3-18.0 years, median 13.2 years; 91 (58.3%) male) with newly diagnosed CML (N = 146 chronic phase (CML-CP), N = 3 accelerated phase (CML-AP), N = 7 blastic phase (CML-BP)) received imatinib upfront (300, 400, 500 mg/m(2), respectively) within a prospective phase III trial. Therapy response, progression-free survival, causes of treatment failure, and side effects were analyzed in 148 children and adolescents with complete data. Event-free survival rate by 18 months for patients in CML-CP (median follow-up time 25 months, range: 1-120) was 97% (95% CI, 94.2-99.9%). According to the 2006 ELN-criteria complete hematologic response by month 3, complete cytogenetic response (CCyR) by month 12, and major molecular response (MMR) by month 18 were achieved in 98, 63, and 59% of the patients, respectively. By month 36, 86% of the patients achieved CCyR and 74% achieved MMR. Thirty-eight patients (27%) experienced imatinib failure because of unsatisfactory response or intolerance (N = 9). In all, 28/148 patients (19%) underwent stem cell transplantation (SCT). In the SCT sub-cohort 2/23 patients diagnosed in CML-CP, 0/1 in CML-AP, and 2/4 in CML-BP, respectively, died of relapse (N = 3) or SCT-related complications (N = 2). This large pediatric trial extends and confirms data from smaller series that first-line imatinib in children is highly effective.
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