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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Haematol. 2015 Sep 1;2(9):e376–e383. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(15)00127-1

Table 2.

Cytogenetic and molecular response to frontline ponatinib over time

3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months 18 months
Cytogenetic response
CCyR (%) 45/50 (90%) 43/46 (94%) 37/40 (93%) 26/27 (96%) 21/20 (96%)
PCyR (%)   3/50 (6%)   1/46 (2%)   3/40 (7%)   1/27 (4%)   1/22 (5%)
No CG (%)   2/50 (4%)   2/46 (4%)   0   0   0
Not evaluable   1* (1)   5* (3) 11* (5) 24* (16) 29* (20)

Molecular response
MMR (%) 26/50 (52%) 38/46 (83%) 33/40 (83%) 22/27 (82%) 20/22 (91%)
MR4.5 (%)   2/50 (4%) 23/46 (50%) 51/40 (53%) 15/27 (56%) 16/22 (73%)
No MMR (%) 24/50 (48%)   8/46 (17%)   7/40 (17%)   5/27 (19%)   2/22 (9%)
Not evaluable   1* (1)   5* (3) 11* (5) 24* (16) 29* (20)

Responses according to European Leukemia Net (ELN) categories23
Optimal 48/50 (96%) 43/46 (96%) .. 22/27 (82%) ..
Warning 48/50 (4%)   1/46 (2%) ..   4/27 (15%) ..
Failure ..   1/46 (2%) ..   1/27 (3%) ..

CCyR=complete cytogenetic response. PCyR=partial cytogenetic response. CG=cytogenetic response. MMR=major molecular response. MR4.5=deep molecular response.

*

All patients who were not evaluable came off study due to US Food and Drug Administration warning (indicated in parentheses) or adverse events.