Perspectives and Emotional Experiences of Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia During ENESTPath Clinical Trial and Treatment-Free Remission: Rationale and Protocol of the Italian Substudy.

Achievement of deep molecular response following treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) allows for treatment-free remission (TFR) in many patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Successful TFR is defined as the achievement of a sustained molecular response after cessation of ongoing TKI therapy. The phase 3 ENESTPath study was designed to determine the required optimal duration of consolidation treatment with the second-generation TKI, nilotinib 300 mg twice-daily, to remain in successful TFR without relapse after entering TFR for 12 months. The purpose of this Italian 'patient's voice CML' substudy was to evaluate patients' psycho-emotional characteristics and quality of life through their experiences of stopping treatment with nilotinib and entering TFR. The purpose of the present contribution is to early present the study protocol of an ongoing study to the scientific community, in order to describe the study rationale and to extensively present the study methodology. Patients aged ≥18 years with a confirmed diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome positive

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Copyright © 2021 Borghi, Rosti, Maggi, Breccia, Di Bona, Iurlo, La Barba, Sportoletti, Albano, Galimberti, Rivellini, Cambrin, Capodanno, Cuneo, Bonifacio, Sica, Arcaini, Capochiani, Minotto, Ciceri, Crugnola, Di Caprio, Supekar, Elena, Baccarani and Vegni.

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LB received a research fellowship from her institution on the project titled “CML patients’ voice: A pilot study exploring the emotional experience of patients during CAMN107AIC05 study and its discontinuation” funded by Novartis Pharma AG. SSu and LC are employees of Oncology Region Europe, Novartis Farma SpA, Origgio, Italy. EV received grant support, paid to her institution, from Novartis for the research project titled "CML patients’ voice: A pilot study exploring the emotional experience of patients during CAMN107AIC05 study and its discontinuation". MC received honoraria from Novartis, Celgene and Janssen. MBo received honoraria (advisory board) from Novartis, Pfizer, Incyte and Amgen. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The authors declare that this study received funding from Novartis Pharma AG. The funder had the following involvement in the study: study design, writing of the article, and decision to submit it for publication.