Publications by authors named "F Rigal-Huguet"
Efficacy and safety of nilotinib in chronic myeloid leukaemia patients who failed to achieve a treatment-free remission period after imatinib discontinuation: Results of the French Nilo post-STIM study.
Br J Haematol
June 2023
Article Synopsis
- Molecular recurrence (MRec) affects about 50% of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) patients who stop taking tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) and occurs despite achieving sustained deep molecular responses.
- In a study involving 31 patients, 23 who switched to nilotinib (300 mg twice daily) maintained their molecular response for an average of 22 months, while seven experienced serious side effects leading to treatment discontinuation.
- The study found that 59.1% of patients remained treatment-free and maintained molecular response 24 months after stopping nilotinib, and 42.1% maintained it at 48 months, indicating promising results
Article Synopsis
- Discontinuing tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is feasible, but more research is needed on factors that predict recurrence after stopping treatment and the long-term effects of treatment-free remission (TFR).
- In a study updating data from the STIM2 trial, 199 patients were analyzed, showing a significant percentage (43.4%) achieved TFR at 5 years, but many experienced a loss of major molecular response over time.
- The timing of molecular recurrence varied, with most recurrences occurring within the first 6 months after stopping treatment, and certain factors such as treatment duration and molecular response levels were linked to recurrence within the first 24 months but not later.
Article Synopsis
- - The SPIRIT trial is a long-term study that compares the effectiveness of various treatments for chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), involving 787 patients followed for an average of 13.5 years.
- - Overall and progression-free survival rates after 15 years were similar across four treatment groups, ranging from 80% to 87%, suggesting comparable effectiveness of different combinations.
- - The combination of imatinib with pegylated interferon alpha2a resulted in significantly better molecular response rates compared to imatinib alone, although toxicity led to treatment cessation for some patients.
Minimal residual disease (MRD), where leukemic cell levels are lower than the morphologic detection threshold, is the most important prognostic factor for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) relapse during first-line chemotherapy treatment and is standard of care in treatment monitoring and decision making. Limited data are available on the prognostic value of MRD response after relapse. We evaluated the relationship between MRD response and outcomes in blinatumomab-treated adults with relapsed/refractory (R/R) B-cell precursor ALL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvaluation of Residual Disease and TKI Duration Are Critical Predictive Factors for Molecular Recurrence after Stopping Imatinib First-line in Chronic Phase CML Patients.
Clin Cancer Res
November 2019
Purpose: Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) discontinuation is an emerging goal in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) management and several studies have demonstrated the feasibility of safely stopping imatinib. A sustained deep molecular response on long-term TKI is critical prior to attempting treatment-free remission. Reproducible results from several studies reported recently, failed to identify robust and reproducible predictive factors for the selection of the best candidates for successful TKI cessation.
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