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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
The combination of imatinib with chemotherapy has been recently reported as very promising in patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). During 2004 and 2005, 45 patients with newly diagnosed Ph+ ALL were treated in the Group for Research on Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (GRAAPH) 2003 study, in which imatinib was started with HAM (mitoxantrone with intermediate-dose cytarabine) consolidation in good early responders (corticosensitive and chemosensitive ALL) or earlier during the induction course in combination with dexamethasone and vincristine in poor early responders (corticoresistant and/or chemoresistant ALL). Imatinib was then continuously administered until stem cell transplantation (SCT). Overall, complete remission (CR) and BCR-ABL real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) negativity rates were 96% and 29%, respectively. All of the 22 CR patients (100%) with a donor actually received allogeneic SCT in first CR. At 18 months, the estimated cumulative incidence of relapse, disease-free survival, and overall survival were 30%, 51%, and 65%, respectively. These 3 end points compared very favorably with results obtained in the pre-imatinib LALA-94 trial. This study confirms the value of the combined approach and encourages prospective trials to define the optimal chemotherapy that has to be combined with imatinib and to carefully reevaluate the place of allogeneic SCT in this new context.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1408-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Cytarabine, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Mitoxantrone, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Neoplasm, Residual, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Philadelphia Chromosome, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Piperazines, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Pyrimidines, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17062730-Transplantation, Homologous
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Imatinib combined with induction or consolidation chemotherapy in patients with de novo Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: results of the GRAAPH-2003 study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, and Department of Hematology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't