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Nilotinib versus imatinib -newly diagnosed CML
Nilotinib versus imatinib for newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia.
Saglio G, Kim DW, Issaragrisil S, le Coutre P, Etienne G, Lobo C, Pasquini R, Clark RE, Hochhaus A, Hughes TP, Gallagher N,Hoenekopp A, Dong M, Haque A, Larson RA, Kantarjian HM; ENESTnd Investigators.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nilotinib has been shown to be a more potent inhibitor of BCR-ABL than imatinib. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of nilotinib, as compared with imatinib, in patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the chronic phase.