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. 2016 May 23;34(20):2333–2340. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.64.8899

Table 2.

Five-Year Responses by BCR-ABL1 (IS) Transcript Levels at 3 Months

Response % of Patients
Dasatinib 100 mg Once Daily 
(n = 259) Imatinib 400 mg Once Daily 
(n = 260)
3-Month BCR-ABL1 Transcript Level ≤ 10% 
(n = 198; 84%) 3-Month BCR-ABL1 Transcript Level > 10% 
(n = 37; 16%) 3-Month BCR-ABL1 Transcript Level ≤ 10% 
(n = 154; 64%) 3-Month BCR-ABL1 Transcript Level > 10% 
(n = 85; 36%)
Complete cytogenetic response 94 41 92 59
Major molecular response 87 38 81 41
MR4.5 54 5 48 12

Abbreviations: IS, International Scale; MR4.5, molecular response with a 4.5-log reduction in BCR-ABL1 transcripts from baseline (BCR-ABL1 transcript level ≤ 0.0032% [IS]).