Table 1

Patient characteristics at the time of starting first choice 2G-TKI and 4-year probabilities of OS and EFS

VariablenSurvivalSignificanceEFSSignificance
Age, y* 
    > 50 50 68.5%  27.8%  
    ≤ 50 69 91.6% P = .04 41.1% P = .08 
Sex 
    Male 65 83.9%  31.6%  
    Female 54 78.2% P = .8 39.9% P = .6 
Sokal risk group 
    Low 30 100%  45.5%  
    Intermediate 48 83.9%  28.6%  
    High 41 66.5% P = .03 34.7% P = .7 
Status at the onset of imatinib therapy 
    Newly diagnosed CP patients 60 77.8%  30.7%  
    Late CP 59 84.6% P = .4 39.1% P = .3 
Additional cytogenetic abnormalities 
    No 84 85.2%  41.8%  
    Yes 35 75% P = .2 21.3% P = .07 
Time from diagnosis to 2G-TKIs, y 
    ≤ 6 59 81.1%  31.8%  
    > 6 60 82.2% P = .7 38.3% P = .3 
Hematologic resistance to imatinib 
    Yes 31 76.7%  22.5%  
    No 88 84.5% P = .4 40.5% P = .01 
Primary cytogenetic resistance to imatinib 
    Yes 37 70.5%  13.5%  
    No 82 87.9% P = .03 46.7% P = .001 
Need of dose reduction of imatinib (< 400 mg twice daily) 
    Yes 43 97.1%  50.4%  
    No 76 77.3% P = .06 30.2% P = .08 
KD mutation 
    Yes 26 89.3%  39.0%  
    No 93 80.2% P = .2 32.9% P = .9 
VariablenSurvivalSignificanceEFSSignificance
Age, y* 
    > 50 50 68.5%  27.8%  
    ≤ 50 69 91.6% P = .04 41.1% P = .08 
Sex 
    Male 65 83.9%  31.6%  
    Female 54 78.2% P = .8 39.9% P = .6 
Sokal risk group 
    Low 30 100%  45.5%  
    Intermediate 48 83.9%  28.6%  
    High 41 66.5% P = .03 34.7% P = .7 
Status at the onset of imatinib therapy 
    Newly diagnosed CP patients 60 77.8%  30.7%  
    Late CP 59 84.6% P = .4 39.1% P = .3 
Additional cytogenetic abnormalities 
    No 84 85.2%  41.8%  
    Yes 35 75% P = .2 21.3% P = .07 
Time from diagnosis to 2G-TKIs, y 
    ≤ 6 59 81.1%  31.8%  
    > 6 60 82.2% P = .7 38.3% P = .3 
Hematologic resistance to imatinib 
    Yes 31 76.7%  22.5%  
    No 88 84.5% P = .4 40.5% P = .01 
Primary cytogenetic resistance to imatinib 
    Yes 37 70.5%  13.5%  
    No 82 87.9% P = .03 46.7% P = .001 
Need of dose reduction of imatinib (< 400 mg twice daily) 
    Yes 43 97.1%  50.4%  
    No 76 77.3% P = .06 30.2% P = .08 
KD mutation 
    Yes 26 89.3%  39.0%  
    No 93 80.2% P = .2 32.9% P = .9 
*

The median age was 48.3 years (range, 25-78.5).

The median time was 5.9 years (range, 0.4-18)