Pregnancy under treatment of imatinib and successful labor in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Outcome of discontinuation of imatinib therapy after achieving a molecular remission.
Because of the teratogenicity data in rats, it is recommended that women treated with imatinib should be aware of the potential teratogenicity of imatinib and effective contraception should be used during imatinib therapy to prevent pregnancy. We describe successful pregnancy and delivery, without any congenital anomaly, in a patient with CML under treatment of imatinib. The fetus had been exposed to imatinib for 8 weeks. The patient remained off treatment during gestation and cytogenetic relapse of CML (5 months after discontinuation of imatinib therapy) developed at seventh month of gestation.
Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey. ridvanali@uludag.edu.tr
Ridvan
R
Ali
Fahir
F
Ozkalemkaş
Tülay
T
Ozçelik
Vildan
V
Ozkocaman
Ulkü
U
Ozan
Yalçin
Y
Kimya
Nilgün
N
Köksal
Tuna
T
Gülten
Tahsin
T
Yakut
Ahmet
A
Tunali
D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001549:Benzamides; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007751:Labor, Induced; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D028761:Withholding Treatment
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001549:Benzamides; D010879:Piperazines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate