Novartis data shows half of eligible Ph+ CML-CP patients remain in Treatment-free Remission nearly two years after stopping Tasigna®
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New 96-week data support durability and safety of Treatment-free Remission (TFR) in Ph+ CML-CP patients who stop taking Tasigna [1,2] More than 90% of Ph+ CML-CP patients in ENESTfreedom and ENESTop who stopped Tasigna and were in TFR at 48 weeks remained in TFR at 96 weeks [1,2] 48-week data from same trials recently added to Tasigna SmPC following EC approval; discussions with other regulatory authorities are underway worldwide Basel, June 23, 2017- Novartis today announced results from additional analyses of the ENESTfreedom and ENESTop clinical trials, which found that approximately half of adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the...