Review Article

[Retracted] Second-Generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Discontinuation in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients with Stable Deep Molecular Response: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis.

StudySample size ()Female (%)Age (years)Sokal H/I/L (%)Previous therapyType of TKI therapyMolecular response before 2G-TKI discontinuationDefinition of molecular relapse2G-TKI median duration (month)TFR at 12 months (%)TFR at 24 months (%)National or internationalMedian follow-up (months)NOS scoreQuality of study

Rea D 2017 [29]6063.36015/27/53IFN/ImaDasa, NiloMR4.5Loss of MMR3963.3360.0National474
Ross DM 2018 [30]19049.55515/26/33NoNiloMR4.5Loss of MMR3151.648.9International197H
Okada M 2018 [28]63355914/14/65ImaDasaMR4.0Loss of MR4.01748.044.0National446
Mahon FX 2018 [27]1265656NRImaNiloMR4.5Loss of MMR5358.053.0InternationalNR7H
Takahashi N 2018 [31]7842.355.521/22/56IFN/ImaNiloMR4.5Loss of MR4.57.767.962.8National35.47H

Sokal score H/I/L: high, intermediate, low; IFN: interferon; NR: not reported; H: high-quality study.