A clinical research study evaluating the possibility to stop the drug nilotinib (Tasigna) in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who have very small amount of leukemia cells remaining after niloti...

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Reference: EUCTR2012-003186-18

A clinical research study evaluating the possibility to stop the drug nilotinib (Tasigna) in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who have very small amount of leukemia cells remaining after nilotinib (Tasigna) treatment

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Extract

The purpose of this study is to determine the rate of successful treatment-free remission (TFR) within the first 48 weeks following cessation of treatment in patients who achieved and maintained a molecular response (MR) 4.5 on nilotinib after a switch from imatinib. TFR phase is often referred to as discontinuation phase in other studies.


Inclusion criteria

  • Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)