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treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) 

(Lancet 2015;385:1447; Hematol Oncol Clin North Am2017;31:577)

HMA: azacitidine or decitabine

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI)

❌ abl kinase activity.


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  • 1st gen:

    • imatinib, 1st TKI against BCR-ABL1 (NEJM 2017;376:917)
    • 400mg daily may 800mg
  • 2nd gen:

  • 3rd gen:

    • ponatinib;
    • a/w ↓ risk of disease progress of treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
    • preferred for int-high risk,
    • but ↑ toxicity

ASCEND-CML


  • Imatinib, dasatinib, nilotinib, & bosutinib approved for 1st line Rx.
  • Nilotinib, dasatinib, bosutinib, ponatinib, & asciminib approved for resistant disease;
  • only ponatinib & asciminib effective on T315I mutation (NEJM 2012;367:2075, Blood 2021;138:2031).