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).
Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
Emory University/Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Cliniques Universitaire Saint-Luc (Site 058), Bruxelles, Belgium
Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
S.O.C. di Ematologia - Azienda Ospedaliera - SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
UO Ematologia con trapianto-Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Ausl Della Romagna, Ospedale "Infermi" - Rimini - Uo Ematologia, Rimini, Italy
Novartis Investigative Site, Wuerzburg, Germany
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States
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