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In patients with CML who are receiving 1st line TKI with good molecular response, are you continuing therapy or switching to asciminib based on the ASC4FIRST data?

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Hematology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

For a CML patient with optimal response and excellent tolerability to their current TKI, there should not be impetus to switch to asciminib. For patients with less than optimal response, diminished quality of life, and in certain settings of adverse effects from current therapy, consideration of TKI...

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Hematology · University of Washington School of Medicine

If patients are responding, I generally do not switch unless tolerance is an issue and dose reduction is not feasible/recommended.

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