Hematology Section and BMT Unit, Rodolico Hospital, AOU Policlinico - V. Emanuele , Catania, Italy.
Hematology, Department of Precision and Translational Medicine, Policlinico Umberto 1, Sapienza University , Rome, Italy.
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2020 Dec;20(12):1075-1081. doi: 10.1080/14737140.2020.1829483. Epub 2020 Oct 8.
The treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has been drastically changed by the approval of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). CML is now managed as a chronic disease requiring both long-term treatment and close molecular monitoring in the majority of patients.
Evidence suggests that in a substantial number of patients who have achieved a stable deep molecular response (DMR), TKI treatment can be safely discontinued without loss of response. Therefore, treatment-free remission (TFR), through the achievement of a DMR, is increasingly regarded as a feasible treatment goal in about 20% to 40% CML patients. Nevertheless, a proportion of patients with chronic-phase CML treated with TKIs remain in stable MMR and do not achieve a DMR.
We provide prospective views on how it is possible to optimize treatment for patients in stable MMR but not in DMR in order to finalize the therapeutic strategy.
酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(TKI)的批准极大地改变了慢性髓性白血病(CML)的治疗方法。在大多数患者中,CML 现在被作为一种需要长期治疗和密切分子监测的慢性疾病来管理。
有证据表明,在相当数量达到稳定深层分子反应(DMR)的患者中,TKI 治疗可以安全停药而不会失去反应。因此,通过实现 DMR,无治疗缓解(TFR)越来越被认为是大约 20%至 40%的 CML 患者可行的治疗目标。然而,接受 TKI 治疗的慢性期 CML 患者中有一部分仍处于稳定的微小残留病灶(MRM),并未达到 DMR。
我们对如何优化稳定 MMR 但未达到 DMR 的患者的治疗提出了前瞻性观点,以最终确定治疗策略。