Frontline nilotinib treatment in Turkish patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic Myeloid Leukemia in chronic phase: updated results with 2 years of follow-up
Çukurova Üniversitesi, Ege Üniversitesi, İç Hastalıkları, Dicle Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, İç Hastalıklar Ana Bilim Dalı, Ayyıldız, Mehmet Orhan, Acibadem University Dspace
WOS: 000448137100007 PubMed ID: 29486663 Objectives: This report presents final results (24 months of follow-up) from the first prospective, national study of frontline nilotinib in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients in Turkey. Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive CML in chronic phase (CML-CP; N = 112) received nilotinib 300 mg twice daily. The primary endpoint, which was the cumulative rate of major molecular response (MMR; BCR-ABL1 Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationNovartis This work was supported by the Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.