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. 2014 Mar 27;7:26. doi: 10.1186/1756-8722-7-26

Table 2.

PDGFRA rearrangement in unusual adult myeloid neoplasms

Author/journal Disease Treatment Outcome
Tang et al., Acta Haematol 2012;128:83–87
Myeloproliferative neoplasm with eosinophilia
Imatinib – started at 400 mg daily and maintained at 100 mg daily
Complete hematologic and molecular remission at 12 months
Papanikolaou et al., Ann Hematol. 2012 May;91(5):785-7
Chronic eosinophilic leukemia with lytic bone lesions
Imatinib 200 mg daily; on progression, nilotinib 400 mg BID
Progressed to erythroblastoid blast crisis after 2 years on TKI
Sorour et al., Br J Haematol. 2009 Jul;146(2):225-7
Acute myeloid leukemia with eosinophilia
Imatinib with FLAG-Ida followed by matched unrelated allograft
Relapsed with Imatinib resistance; started on Dasatinib but died 15 months later
Lierman et al., Leukemia. 2009 May;23(5):845-51
Chronic eosinophilic leukemia blast crisis with Imatinib resistance
Sorafenib 400 mg BID
Hematologic response without molecular response for 3 months
Zota et al., J Clin Oncol. 2008 Apr 20;26(12):2040-1
Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
Imatinib 400 mg BID
Resolution of eosinophilia without other hematologic response; progressed to extramedullary disease
Florian et al., Leuk Res. 2006 Sep;30(9):1201-5
Systemic mastocytosis with chronic eosinophilic leukemia
Incomplete response to hydroxyurea, corticosteroids and interferon-alpha; started on imatinib 100 mg in 2002
Long-term response to low-dose Imatinib (50-100 mg) after inadequate responses to previous therapies
Von Bubnoff et al., Leukemia. 2005 Feb;19(2):286-7
Chronic myeloproliferative disorder with eosinophilia
Imatinib 100-400 mg daily
Hematologic and symptomatic response for 6 months; progression to myeloid blasts crisis and malignant pleural effusion
Saflet et al., Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2004 May;40(1):44-50 Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia with t(4;22) leading to formation of BCR-PDGFRA fusion gene Imatinib 100 mg daily Complete hematologic response at 7-month follow up