Vol 11, Supp. A (2020)
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Published online: 2021-01-07

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Successful nilotinib cessation after imatinib therapy failure

Joanna Wącław1, Tomasz Sacha1

Abstract

Successful treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) is nowadays likely to result in near-normal life expectancy. Nowadays, the treatment-free remission (TFR) is becoming more and more often a therapeutic goal for both hematologist and his patient. TKI discontinuation and maintenance of TFR is feasible in circa 40–50% of CML patients who achieved stable deep molecular response (DMR). Here, we present a patient with CML, who was switched to nilotinib due to imatinib therapy failure. After a few years of sustaining DMR nilotinib was discontinued. One year since this decision, the patient has remained in the TFR.

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