Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Conditions
Keywords
Imatinib resistant,, Imatinib intolerant,, CML- blast crisis,, CML- Accelerated phase,, CML- chronic phase,, nilotinib,, Chronic myelogenous leukemia,, blast crisis,, accelerated phase,, chronic phase
Brief summary
This study will evaluate the safety of nilotinib in adult patients with imatinib-resistant or -intolerant CML-blast crisis, CML-accelerated phase or CML-chronic phase when treated with nilotinib. Patients will be provided access to nilotinib until the drug is available on the market.
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Imatinib resistant or intolerant Philadelphia chromosome positive CML in blast crisis * Imatinib resistant or intolerant Philadelphia chromosome positive CML in accelerated phase * Imatinib resistant or intolerant Philadelphia chromosome positive CML in chronic phase * CML patients who have been treated with an investigational tyrosine kinase inhibitor who otherwise meet the definition of imatinib resistance or intolerance * World Health Organization (WHO) performance status ≤ 2
Exclusion criteria
* Cytopathologically confirmed central nervous system (CNS) infiltration * Impaired cardiac function * Use of therapeutic coumarin derivatives * Acute chronic liver or renal disease unrelated to tumor * Other uncontrolled medical conditions * Treatment with hematopoeitic colony stimulating factors * Treatment with medications that have potential to prolong the QT interval * Another malignancy currently clinically significant or requires active intervention Other protocol-defined inclusion/
Countries
Canada