Nilotinib, also known as AMN107, is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor under investigation as a possible treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). A Phase I clinical trial in 2006 showed that this drug was relatively safe and offered significant therapeutic benefits in cases of CML which were found to be resistant to treatment with imatinib (Gleevec), another tyrosine kinase inhibitor used as a first-line treatment for CML.
For the potential treatment of various leukemias, including chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Weiming Li, Wuhan, Hubei, China
National Research Center for Hematology, Moscow, Russian Federation
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
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