Pharmacy Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain.
Eur J Hosp Pharm. 2020 Sep;27(5):299-301. doi: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2017-001378. Epub 2018 Feb 14.
To evaluate the use, effectiveness and safety of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) in clinical practice.
A retrospective longitudinal study of patients with CML who received TKIs for at least 6 months was performed. Endpoints to evaluate effectiveness were haematological, cytogenetic and molecular responses. Safety was assessed according to the occurrence of adverse events.
Sixty-two patients were included. All received imatinib as the initial TKI; 8% switched to nilotinib due to lack of major molecular response (MMR) to imatinib and 3% switched to dasatinib because of progression to blast crisis or lack of MMR. At the end of the study all patients had achieved at least a complete cytogenetic response. With regard to safety, in 11 patients the dose of imatinib was decreased and four patients switched to a second-generation TKI due to imatinib toxicity.
Considering the good responses of most patients and its better known safety profile, imatinib should remain a good option for first-line treatment of CML.
评估酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(TKI)在慢性髓性白血病(CML)临床实践中的应用、疗效和安全性。
对至少接受 TKI 治疗 6 个月的 CML 患者进行回顾性纵向研究。评估疗效的终点包括血液学、细胞遗传学和分子学反应。根据不良事件的发生情况评估安全性。
共纳入 62 例患者。所有患者均初始接受伊马替尼作为 TKI;8%的患者因对伊马替尼缺乏主要分子反应(MMR)而改用尼罗替尼,3%的患者因进展为急变期或缺乏 MMR 而改用达沙替尼。研究结束时,所有患者均至少达到完全细胞遗传学反应。关于安全性,11 例患者因伊马替尼毒性而减少了伊马替尼的剂量,4 例患者改用第二代 TKI。
鉴于大多数患者的良好反应及其更为人所知的安全性特征,伊马替尼仍应作为 CML 一线治疗的一个较好选择。