TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypothesis
T2 - Upfront use of ABL kinase inhibitor combination, either simultaneously or sequentially, in high-risk Ph+ leukemias?
AU - Carella, A. M.
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - A sequential treatment approach is the rule in CML and Ph+ ALL with imatinib failure being followed by second-line tyrosine kinase inhibitors. The sequential strategy may be vulnerable to compound mutations. An alternative and fascinating hypothesis discussed in this paper is the upfront use, at least in very high-risk Ph+ leukemias, of ABL kinase inhibitor combinations, either simultaneously or sequentially to target a wider range of mutations-based drug resistance. The main questions are: will TKI cocktails be able to eliminate the leukemic compartment? Which are the correct doses? Which are the long-term effects? Clinical trials have been recently initiated, and the future will give us the answer to all these questions.
AB - A sequential treatment approach is the rule in CML and Ph+ ALL with imatinib failure being followed by second-line tyrosine kinase inhibitors. The sequential strategy may be vulnerable to compound mutations. An alternative and fascinating hypothesis discussed in this paper is the upfront use, at least in very high-risk Ph+ leukemias, of ABL kinase inhibitor combinations, either simultaneously or sequentially to target a wider range of mutations-based drug resistance. The main questions are: will TKI cocktails be able to eliminate the leukemic compartment? Which are the correct doses? Which are the long-term effects? Clinical trials have been recently initiated, and the future will give us the answer to all these questions.
KW - High-risk patients
KW - Ph leukemias
KW - Tyrosine kinase inhibitors cocktail
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U2 - 10.1007/s00277-010-0907-3
DO - 10.1007/s00277-010-0907-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 20165848
AN - SCOPUS:77951632490
VL - 89
SP - 531
EP - 533
JO - Revue d'hématologie
JF - Revue d'hématologie
SN - 0939-5555
IS - 6
ER -