Plasma concentrations of dasatinib have a clinical impact on the frequency of dasatinib dose reduction and interruption in chronic myeloid leukemia: an analysis of the DARIA 01 study
Open Access
- 1 October 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in International Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Vol. 23 (5), 980-988
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-018-1300-9
Abstract
Dasatinib has shown promising anti-leukemic activity against chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, patients receiving dasatinib frequently require dose reductions and treatment interruptions (treatment alteration). We prospectively analyzed the frequency and significance of treatment alteration during dasatinib therapy in patients with CML. In all patients, trough plasma concentrations of dasatinib (C (min)) at steady state were assessed on day 28 of therapy. 28% of patients had their doses reduced at a median of 42 days, and 25% of patients had temporarily interrupted at a median of 54 days after treatment initiation. The overall dasatinib treatment alteration-free rate at 1 year was 66%. Age was significantly correlated with C (min) on day 28 (p = 0.014), and the correlation remained significant after adjusting dasatinib dose (g), body weight (kg) (C (min)/D/W) (p = 0.026). In the univariate analysis, deep molecular response, advanced PS, higher C (min)/D/W were associated with a significantly higher risk of treatment alteration (HR 4.19, 95% CI: 1.06-16.60, p = 0.041; HR 5.26, 95% CI: 1.33-20.80, p = 0.018; and HR 10.15, 95% CI: 2.55-40.48, p = 0.001, respectively). In the multivariate analysis, advanced PS and higher C (min)/D/W were correlated with the incidence of treatment alteration (HR 4.78, 95% CI: 1.01-22.70, p = 0.049; HR 6.17, 95% CI: 1.17-32.50, respectively). Current data demonstrate that patients treated with dasatinib who displayed a high C (min)/D/W value and/or advanced PS were at a high risk for altered treatment.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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