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‹ Tue · 18 Aug 2026
Promising but preliminary

Sequential TKI Treatment in Patients With Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Resistant to Frontline Nilotinib or Dasatinib Therapy. A Real-Life Survey From the Italian Campus CML Network.

Switching to a different leukemia drug works for many patients whose first treatment stops being effective, improving long-term survival chances.

Limited information is available on the management and outcome of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who are resistant to first-line treatment with a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (2G-TKI). We conducted a multicenter, real-world, retrospective analysis on 69 chronic phase (CP) CML patients who switched to second-line treatment in case of failure (according to the European LeukemiaNet 2020 recommendations) after first-line nilotinib or dasatinib.

What the study was

Study design
Retrospective Observational
Population
Adult patients
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia

Why it surfaced

Score 7/10: Retrospective Observational, mixed model, Exploratory; flag=PROMISING_PRELIMINARY

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