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Blood, 15 April 2007, Vol. 109, No. 8, pp. 3496-3499.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on December 27, 2006; DOI 10.1182/blood-2006-07-036012.
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Submitted July 20, 2006
Accepted December 6, 2006
Trough imatinib plasma levels are associated with both cytogenetic and molecular responses to standard-dose imatinib in chronic myeloid leukemia
Stephane Picard, Karine Titier, Gabriel Etienne, Emmanuelle Teilhet, Dominique Ducint, Marie-Agnes Bernard, Regis Lassalle, Gerald Marit, Josy Reiffers, Bernard Begaud, Nicholas Moore, Mathieu Molimard, and Francois-Xavier Mahon*
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, CHU de Bordeaux, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux, INSERM U657, Bordeaux, France
Department of Hematology, the Institut Bergonie, Regional Cancer Center, Bordeaux, France
Department of Hematology and Blood Diseases, CHU de Bordeaux, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux, INSERM E217, Bordeaux, France
* Corresponding author; email: francois-xavier.mahon{at}umr5540.u-bordeaux2.fr.
Using high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, we assessed trough imatinib plasma levels in 68 chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who responded or not to standard-dose imatinib, after at least 12 months' treatment. Mean trough imatinib plasma levels were significantly higher in the group with complete cytogenetic response (56 patients) than in the group without (12 patients; P = .03) and higher in the group with major molecular response (MMR) than in the group without (34 patients [1452±649 ng/ml] versus 34 patients [869±427 ng/ml]; P < .0001). Regarding trough imatinib plasma levels and their discrimination potential for MMR, the area under receiver-operating characteristic curve was 0.775, with best sensitivity (77%) and specificity (71%) at a plasma threshold of 1002 ng/ml. Therefore, monitoring of imatinib plasma levels could be very useful for the management of CML patients, or should at least be checked in the case of treatment failure or suboptimal response.

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