Table 5 Association of steady state plasma imatinib levels with response- comparison with previous studies.

From: Plasma imatinib levels and ABCB1 polymorphism influences early molecular response and failure-free survival in newly diagnosed chronic phase CML patients

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*