Table 5 Association of steady state plasma imatinib levels with response- comparison with previous studies.
Reference | N | Response | Responder | Non responders | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean C0 ng/mL | N | Mean C0 ng/mL | ||||
Larson et al., 200816 | 351 | CCyR | 297 | 1099 ± 554 | 54 | 812 ± 409 | 0 |
Takahashi et al., 201051 | 254 | CCyR | 218 | 1057 ± 585 | 36 | 835 ± 524 | 0.033 |
MMR | 166 | 1107 ± 594 | 88 | 873 ± 528 | 0.002 | ||
Picard et al., 200717 | 68 | CCyR | 56 | 1123 ± 617 | 12 | 694 ± 556 | 0.03 |
MMR | 34 | 1452 ± 649 | 34 | 869 ± 427 | 0.001 | ||
Ishikawa et al., 201026 | 60 | MMR | 38 | 1093 | 22 | 853 | 0.002 |
562–2150 | 361–1205 | ||||||
Forrest et al., 200952 | 78 | CCyR | 53 | 1010 ± 469 | 24 | 1175 ± 656 | 0.29 |
MMR | 51 | 1067 ± 473 | 27 | 1063 ± 643 | 0.74 | ||
Singh et al., 200953 | 40 | Clinical response | 20 | 2340 ± 520 | 20 | 690 ± 150 | 0.002 |
Malhotra et al., 201443 | 131 | Molecular response (< 1%) | 104 | 2110 ± 1180 | 27 | 1310 ± 720 | 0.001 |
Natarajan et al. 201954 | 173 | MMR | 71 | 2333 ± 1112 | 102 | 1643 ± 1384 | P < 0.001 |
Arora et al., 201344 | 46 | CCyR | NA | 2157 ± 1287 | NA | 1884 ± 809 | P > 0.05 |
Present study | 51 | EMR@3 months | 28 | 1532 ± 939 | 23 | 971 ± 714 | 0.022* |
65 | MMR@12 months | 28 | 1566 ± 991 | 37 | 1160 ± 921 | 0.042* | |