S156: INTERNATIONAL, PROSPECTIVE STUDY COMPARING NILOTINIB VERSUS IMATINIB WITH EARLY SWITCH TO NILOTINIB TO OBTAIN SUSTAINED TREATMENT-FREE REMISSION IN PATIENTS WITH WITH CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA

• F. Pane,
• F. Castagnetti,
• L. Luciano,
• A. Russo Rossi,
• E. Abruzzese,
• R. Bassan,
• G. Binotto,
• G. Caocci,
• G. Cimino,
• P. Fazi,
• A. Gozzini,
• M. Lunghi,
• R. Marasca,
• B. Martino,
• M. Bonifacio,
• F. Cavazzini,
• F. Paoloni,
• G. Saglio,
• S. Sica,
• A. Tafuri,
• D. Vallisa,
• M. Vignetti,
• P. Westerweel,
• G. Rosti,
• M. Breccia

Affiliations

F. Pane

1 Dpt. of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples, Naples

F. Castagnetti

2 Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna

L. Luciano

1 Dpt. of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples, Naples

A. Russo Rossi

3 Hematology and Transplantation Unit, University of Bari, Bari

E. Abruzzese

4 Division of Hematology, Ospedale S. Eugenio, Rome

R. Bassan

5 Hematology Unit, Ospedale Dell’Angelo, Venezia-Mestre

G. Binotto

6 Hematology Unit, University of Padova, Padova

G. Caocci

7 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Hematology, Businco Hospital, University of Cagliari, Cagliari

G. Cimino

8 UOC Ematologia e trapianto, S.Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina

P. Fazi

9 GIMEMA Data Center, Fondazione GIMEMA Franco Mandelli Onlus, rome

A. Gozzini

10 Department of Cellular Therapy and Transfusional Medicine, AUO Careggi, Florence

M. Lunghi

11 Division of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara

R. Marasca

12 Section of Hematology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena

B. Martino

13 Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Bianchi Melacrino Morelli’, Reggio Calabria

M. Bonifacio

14 Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona

F. Cavazzini

15 Hematology Section, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, University Hospital Arcispedale S. Anna, Ferrara

F. Paoloni

16 Biostatistic Central Office, Fondazione GIMEMA Franco Mandelli Onlus, Rome

G. Saglio

17 Hematology Division, University of Turin, Turin

S. Sica

18 Ematologia, FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO AGOSTINO GEMELLI IRCCS, Roma

A. Tafuri

19 Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Hematology, Sant’Andrea University HospitalSapienza University of Rome, Rome

D. Vallisa

20 Unit of Hematology, Department of Oncology and Hematology,, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy

M. Vignetti

9 GIMEMA Data Center, Fondazione GIMEMA Franco Mandelli Onlus, rome

P. Westerweel

21 Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands

G. Rosti

22 Hematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) “Dino Amadori”, Meldola

M. Breccia

23 Translational medicine OUC Hematology, La Sapienza university, Rome, Italy