J 2024

Clinical efficacy and safety of first-line nilotinib or imatinib therapy in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia-Nationwide real life data

BELOHLAVKOVA, Petra; Daniela ŽÁČKOVÁ; Hana KLAMOVA; Edgar FABER; Michal KARAS et al.

Basic information

Original name

Clinical efficacy and safety of first-line nilotinib or imatinib therapy in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia-Nationwide real life data

Authors

BELOHLAVKOVA, Petra; Daniela ŽÁČKOVÁ; Hana KLAMOVA; Edgar FABER; Michal KARAS; Lukas STEJSKAL; Eduard CMUNT; Olga CERNA; Ivana JEŽÍŠKOVÁ; Katerina MACHOVA POLAKOVA; Pavel ZAK; Tereza JURKOVÁ; Marika CHRÁPAVÁ and Jiří MAYER

Edition

Cancer Medicine, Hoboken, Sons Ltd. 2024, 2045-7634

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

Marked to be transferred to RIV

Yes

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/24:00137202

Organization

Lékařská fakulta – Repository – Repository

EID Scopus

Keywords in English

chronic myeloid leukemia; first-line treatment; imatinib; nilotinib

Links

LX22NPO5102, research and development project.
Changed: 10/6/2025 00:50, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

In the original language

Background: To evaluate the outcomes of first- line imatinib versus nilotinib treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic phase (CML- CP) in real-world clinical practice. Methods: A propensity score analysis was performed to eliminate imbalances between the treatment groups. In the analysis, 163 patients in the nilotinib group and 163 patients in the matched imatinib group were retrospectively evaluated. Results: Nilotinib- treated patients achieved complete cytogenetic response (CCyR) and major molecular response more rapidly than imatinib-treated patients. However, there was no significant difference in 5- year overall survival (OS) or progression- free survival (PFS) between the two groups (OS: 94.3% vs. 90.5%, p = 0.602; PFS: 92.9% vs. 88.0%, p = 0.614). Nilotinib- treated patients had a higher failure- free survival (FFS) and event- free survival (EFS) than imatinib-treated patients (FFS: 71.7% vs. 54.3%, p = 0.040; EFS: 71.7% vs. 53.5%, p = 0.025). Conclusions: This retrospective analysis from clinical practice did not confirm any benefit of frontline nilotinib treatment for OS and PFS; however, it did demonstrate higher FFS and EFS in the nilotinib cohort.

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