Imatinib Standard Dose (400 mg/Day) Versus Imatinib High Dose (800 mg/Day)

Summary

This is a phase III multicenter, open-label study designed to investigate the efficacy (hematological response, cytogenetic response and molecular response) and feasibility (tolerance, compliance and safety) of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib mesylate (formerly STI 571, GLIVEC, Novartis Pharma) at conventional dose (400 mg/daily) if compared with high dose (800 mg/daily) (serial number protocol ICSG/CML/022) in patients with Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic phase (CP) previously untreated, at high Sokal risk.

Timeline

Start

2004-06

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Completion

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Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper The CCgR rate at 1 year was 64% and 58% for the high-dose arm and for the standard-dose arm, respectively (P = .435). PMID 19264678 ↗

Publications

• Gugliotta G, Castagnetti F, Breccia M, Albano F, Iurlo A, Intermesoli T, Abruzzese E, Levato L, D'Adda M, Pregno P, Cavazzini F, Stagno F, Martino B, La Barba G, Sora F, Tiribelli M, Bigazzi C, Binotto G, Bonifacio M, Caracciolo C, Soverini S, Foa R, Cavo M, Martinelli G, Pane F, Saglio G, Baccarani M, Rosti G; Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto - Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Working Party. Incidence of second primary malignancies and related mortality in patients with imatinib-treated chronic myeloid leukemia. Haematologica. 2017 Sep;102(9):1530-1536. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2017.169532. Epub 2017 Jun 1.
• Castagnetti F, Gugliotta G, Baccarani M, Breccia M, Specchia G, Levato L, Abruzzese E, Rossi G, Iurlo A, Martino B, Pregno P, Stagno F, Cuneo A, Bonifacio M, Gobbi M, Russo D, Gozzini A, Tiribelli M, de Vivo A, Alimena G, Cavo M, Martinelli G, Pane F, Saglio G, Rosti G; GIMEMA CML Working Party. Differences among young adults, adults and elderly chronic myeloid leukemia patients. Ann Oncol. 2015 Jan;26(1):185-192. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu490. Epub 2014 Oct 30.
• Luatti S, Castagnetti F, Marzocchi G, Baldazzi C, Gugliotta G, Iacobucci I, Specchia G, Zanatta L, Rege-Cambrin G, Mancini M, Abruzzese E, Zaccaria A, Grimoldi MG, Gozzetti A, Ameli G, Capucci MA, Palka G, Bernasconi P, Palandri F, Pane F, Saglio G, Martinelli G, Rosti G, Baccarani M, Testoni N; Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto (GIMEMA) Working Party on CML. Additional chromosomal abnormalities in Philadelphia-positive clone: adverse prognostic influence on frontline imatinib therapy: a GIMEMA Working Party on CML analysis. Blood. 2012 Jul 26;120(4):761-7. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-10-384651. Epub 2012 Jun 12.
• Gugliotta G, Castagnetti F, Palandri F, Breccia M, Intermesoli T, Capucci A, Martino B, Pregno P, Rupoli S, Ferrero D, Gherlinzoni F, Montefusco E, Bocchia M, Tiribelli M, Pierri I, Grifoni F, Marzocchi G, Amabile M, Testoni N, Martinelli G, Alimena G, Pane F, Saglio G, Baccarani M, Rosti G; Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto CML Working Party. Frontline imatinib treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia: no impact of age on outcome, a survey by the GIMEMA CML Working Party. Blood. 2011 May 26;117(21):5591-9. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-12-324228. Epub 2011 Mar 30.
• Marzocchi G, Castagnetti F, Luatti S, Baldazzi C, Stacchini M, Gugliotta G, Amabile M, Specchia G, Sessarego M, Giussani U, Valori L, Discepoli G, Montaldi A, Santoro A, Bonaldi L, Giudici G, Cianciulli AM, Giacobbi F, Palandri F, Pane F, Saglio G, Martinelli G, Baccarani M, Rosti G, Testoni N; Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto (GIMEMA) Working Party on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Variant Philadelphia translocations: molecular-cytogenetic characterization and prognostic influence on frontline imatinib therapy, a GIMEMA Working Party on CML analysis. Blood. 2011 Jun 23;117(25):6793-800. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-01-328294. Epub 2011 Mar 29.
• Testoni N, Marzocchi G, Luatti S, Amabile M, Baldazzi C, Stacchini M, Nanni M, Rege-Cambrin G, Giugliano E, Giussani U, Abruzzese E, Kerim S, Grimoldi MG, Gozzetti A, Crescenzi B, Carcassi C, Bernasconi P, Cuneo A, Albano F, Fugazza G, Zaccaria A, Martinelli G, Pane F, Rosti G, Baccarani M. Chronic myeloid leukemia: a prospective comparison of interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization and chromosome banding analysis for the definition of complete cytogenetic response: a study of the GIMEMA CML WP. Blood. 2009 Dec 3;114(24):4939-43. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-07-229864. Epub 2009 Oct 1.
• Baccarani M, Rosti G, Castagnetti F, Haznedaroglu I, Porkka K, Abruzzese E, Alimena G, Ehrencrona H, Hjorth-Hansen H, Kairisto V, Levato L, Martinelli G, Nagler A, Lanng Nielsen J, Ozbek U, Palandri F, Palmieri F, Pane F, Rege-Cambrin G, Russo D, Specchia G, Testoni N, Weiss-Bjerrum O, Saglio G, Simonsson B. Comparison of imatinib 400 mg and 800 mg daily in the front-line treatment of high-risk, Philadelphia-positive chronic myeloid leukemia: a European LeukemiaNet Study. Blood. 2009 May 7;113(19):4497-504. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-12-191254. Epub 2009 Mar 4.

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