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Dasatinib or high-dose imatinib for chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia resistant to imatinib at a dose of 400 to 600 milligrams daily: two-year follow-up of a randomized phase 2 study (START-R).

ABSTRACT:

Background

In patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CP-CML), imatinib resistance is of increasing importance. Imatinib dose escalation was the main treatment option before dasatinib, which has 325-fold more potent inhibition than imatinib against unmutated Bcr-Abl in vitro. Data with a minimum of 2 years of follow-up were available for the current study of dasatinib and high-dose imatinib in CP-CML resistant to imatinib at daily doses from 400 mg to 600 mg.

Methods

A phase 2, open-label study was initiated of 150 patients with imatinib-resistant CP-CML who were randomized (2:1) to receive either dasatinib 70 mg twice daily (n=101) or high-dose imatinib 800 mg (400 mg twice daily; n=49).

Results

At a minimum follow-up of 2 years, dasatinib demonstrated higher rates of complete hematologic response (93% vs 82%; P=.034), major cytogenetic response (MCyR) (53% vs 33%; P=.017), and complete cytogenetic response (44% vs 18%; P=.0025). At 18 months, the MCyR was maintained in 90% of patients on the dasatinib arm and in 74% of patients on the high-dose imatinib arm. Major molecular response rates also were more frequent with dasatinib than with high-dose imatinib (29% vs 12%; P=.028). The estimated progression-free survival also favored dasatinib (unstratified log-rank test; P=.0012).

Conclusions

After 2 years of follow-up, dasatinib demonstrated durable responses and improved response and progression-free survival rates relative to high-dose imatinib.

SUBMITTER: Kantarjian H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5345391 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dasatinib or high-dose imatinib for chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia resistant to imatinib at a dose of 400 to 600 milligrams daily: two-year follow-up of a randomized phase 2 study (START-R).

Kantarjian Hagop H Pasquini Ricardo R Lévy Vincent V Jootar Saengsuree S Holowiecki Jerzy J Hamerschlak Nelson N Hughes Timothy T Bleickardt Eric E Dejardin David D Cortes Jorge J Shah Neil P NP

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<h4>Background</h4>In patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CP-CML), imatinib resistance is of increasing importance. Imatinib dose escalation was the main treatment option before dasatinib, which has 325-fold more potent inhibition than imatinib against unmutated Bcr-Abl in vitro. Data with a minimum of 2 years of follow-up were available for the current study of dasatinib and high-dose imatinib in CP-CML resistant to imatinib at daily doses from 400 mg to 600 mg.<h4>Methods</h4 ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundSeveral tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are available for treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia in chronic phase (CML-CP). We analysed long-term molecular and cytogenetic response and survival outcomes for four TKI modalities used as frontline therapy for CML-CP.MethodsIn a retrospective cohort analysis, we included data from patients with CML-CP treated in prospective clinical trials with frontline TKI modalities at a single institution between July 31, 2000, and Sept 10, 2013. The main aim of the study was to determine whether achievement of complete cytogenetic response or major molecular response had similar prognostic implications irrespective of the frontline TKI modality used. We analysed each TKI modality for response assessment and analysed survival endpoints (event-free, failure-free, transformation-free, and overall survival) with the Kaplan-Meier method. Univariate and multivariate analyses were done with Cox proportional hazard regression.FindingsOur analysis included 482 patients who were treated with imatinib 400 mg daily (n=68), imatinib 800 mg daily (n=200), dasatinib 50 mg twice daily or 100 mg daily (n=106), or nilotinib 400 mg twice daily (n=108). More patients receiving imatinib 800 mg or second-generation TKIs (ie, dasatinib or nilotinib) achieved complete cytogenetic response (58 [87%] of 67 for imatinib 400 mg vs 180 [90%] of 199 for imatinib 800 mg, vs 100 [96%] of 104 for dasatinib vs 99 [93%] of 107 for nilotinib), major molecular response (51 [76%] vs 171 [86%] vs 93 [90%] vs 97 [91%]), and 4·5 log or higher reduction in BCR-ABL transcripts (MR(4·5) response 38 [57%] vs 148 [74%] vs 76 [71%] vs 76 [71%]). This finding was consistent over time (3-60 months). 5-year event free survival significantly differed between the imatinib 400 mg group and the other TKI groups (imatinib 800 mg p=0·029, dasatinib p=0·003, nilotinib p=0·031). There was no significant difference in 5-year failure-free survival (p=0·32, p=0·075, p=0·332), transformation-free survival (p=0·053, p=0·038, p=0·493), or overall survival (p=0·563, p=0·162, p=0·981). Multivariate analysis showed that therapy with imatinib 800 mg (HR 0·51, 95% CI 0·29-0·88, p=0·016), dasatinib (0·28, 0·12-0·66, p=0·004), or nilotinib (0·42, 0·20-0·89, p=0·024) predicted for better event-free survival compared with imatinib 400 mg, but that failure-free, transformation-free, and overall survival were similar irrespective of the TKI used. 28 (41%) patients receiving imatinib 400 mg, 85 (43%) receiving imatinib 800 mg, 23 (21%) receiving dasatinib, and 27 (25%) receiving nilotinib discontinued treatment for any reason.InterpretationTreatment with imatinib 800 mg or the second-generation TKIs dasatinib or nilotinib resulted in superior and deeper responses than did standard-dose imatinib, which were maintained after 5 years of follow-up. Results with imatinib 800 mg were similar to those with second-generation TKIs, although more patients discontinued therapy.FundingMD Anderson Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute.

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Dasatinib or high-dose imatinib for chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia resistant to imatinib at a dose of 400 to 600 milligrams daily: two-year follow-up of a randomized phase 2 study (START-R).

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Dasatinib or high-dose imatinib for chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia resistant to imatinib at a dose of 400 to 600 milligrams daily: two-year follow-up of a randomized phase 2 study (START-R).

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