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Trial reportHaematologica2018

Treatment-free remission after two-year consolidation therapy with nilotinib in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia: STAT2 trial in Japan.

Naoto Takahashi, Kaichi Nishiwaki, Chiaki Nakaseko, Nobuyuki Aotsuka, Koji Sano, Chikako Ohwada, Jun Kuroki, Hideo Kimura, Michihide Tokuhira, Kinuko Mitani and 11 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Haematologica, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Road to treatment-free remission in chronic myeloid leukemia.International journal of hematology · 2026
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  20. Treatment-Free Remission in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 15 institutions in 2 countries.

Naoto TakahashiDepartment of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine naotot@doc.med.akita-u.ac.jp.
Kaichi NishiwakiDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital.
Chiaki NakasekoDepartment of Hematology, International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine, Narita.
Nobuyuki AotsukaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital.
Koji SanoDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital.
Chikako OhwadaDepartment of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital.
Jun KurokiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yuri General Hospital, Yurihonjo.
Hideo KimuraDepartment of Hematology, Northern Fukushima Medical Center, Date.
Michihide TokuhiraDepartment of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe.
Kinuko MitaniDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi.
Kazuhisa FujikawaDepartment of Hematology, Chibaken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital.
Osamu IwaseDepartment of Hematology, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center.
Kohshi OhishiTransfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Mie University Hospital, Tsu.
Fumihiko KimuraDivision of Hematology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa.
Tetsuya FukudaDepartment of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital.
Sakae TanosakiDepartment of Hematology, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo.
Saori TakahashiClinical Research Promotion and Support Center, Akita University Hospital.
Yoshihiro KameokaClinical Research Promotion and Support Center, Akita University Hospital.
Hiroyoshi NishikawaDivision of Cancer Immunology, Research Institute / Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Tokyo/Kashiwa.
Hisashi WakitaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital.
STAT study group
Akita University Hospital · JPChiba University Hospital · JPJikei University Kashiwa hospital · JPAkita University · JPChibaken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital · JPDokkyo Medical University · JPJapanese Red Cross Narita Hospital · JPJapanese Red Cross Society, Japan · JPMemorial Hospital of South Bend · USMie University Hospital · JPNational Defense Medical College · JPSaitama Medical University · JPTokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital · JPTokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center · JPTokyo Metropolitan Tama-Hokubu Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this trial was to evaluate the efficacy of 2-year consolidation therapy with nilotinib, at a dose of 300 mg twice daily, for achieving treatment-free remission in chronic myeloid leukemia patients with a deep molecular response (

Indexed as

Consolidation ChemotherapyAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansJapanLeukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveMaleMiddle AgedPyrimidinesRemission InductionSurvival RatenilotinibPyrimidines

Identifiers

PMID29976734
PMCPMC6278957
OpenAlexW2823346501

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