Successful pregnancy in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia under treatment with imatinib

Intern Med. 2009;48(16):1433-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2084. Epub 2009 Aug 17.

Abstract

Contraception is recommended during imatinib therapy based on the teratogenicity data in rats. However, patients may become pregnant and here we describe a successful pregnancy and labor without any congenital anomaly in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) under treatment with imatinib. The patient had received imatinib for 53 months before she became pregnant, with a complete cytogenetic response achieved after 6 months of therapy and a major molecular response (MMR) after 28 months. CML was in MMR at discovery of pregnancy and the fetus had been exposed to imatinib for 5 weeks. Treatment was discontinued, but MMR persisted during gestation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Benzamides
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / diagnosis
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Piperazines / adverse effects
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / drug therapy*
  • Pyrimidines / adverse effects
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Remission Induction / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Benzamides
  • Piperazines
  • Pyrimidines
  • Imatinib Mesylate