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  • Title: BCR-ABL1 genomic DNA PCR response kinetics during first-line imatinib treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia.
    Author: Pagani IS, Dang P, Kommers IO, Goyne JM, Nicola M, Saunders VA, Braley J, White DL, Yeung DT, Branford S, Hughes TP, Ross DM.
    Journal: Haematologica; 2018 Dec; 103(12):2026-2032. PubMed ID: 29976745.
    Abstract:
    Accurate quantification of minimal residual disease (MRD) during treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) guides clinical decisions. The conventional MRD method, RQ-PCR for BCR-ABL1 mRNA, reflects a composite of the number of circulating leukemic cells and the BCR-ABL1 transcripts per cell. BCR-ABL1 genomic DNA only reflects leukemic cell number. We used both methods in parallel to determine the relative contribution of the leukemic cell number to molecular response. BCR-ABL1 DNA PCR and RQ-PCR were monitored up to 24 months in 516 paired samples from 59 newly-diagnosed patients treated with first-line imatinib in the TIDEL-II study. In the first three months of treatment, BCR-ABL1 mRNA values declined more rapidly than DNA. By six months, the two measures aligned closely. The expression of BCR-ABL1 mRNA was normalized to cell number to generate an expression ratio. The expression of e13a2 BCR-ABL1 was lower than that of e14a2 transcripts at multiple time points during treatment. BCR-ABL1 DNA was quantifiable in 48% of samples with undetectable BCR-ABL1 mRNA, resulting in MRD being quantifiable for an additional 5-18 months (median 12 months). These parallel studies show for the first time that the rapid decline in BCR-ABL1 mRNA over the first three months of treatment is due to a reduction in both cell number and transcript level per cell, whereas beyond three months, falling levels of BCR-ABL1 mRNA are proportional to the depletion of leukemic cells.
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