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  When David was diagnosed with PV in 2009, at the age of 47, he soon learned there was limited and often conflicting information available on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs). He also realized early on in his diagnosis, the importance of advocating for himself to best manage his polycythemia vera (PV). David was grateful for the early support and guidance of fellow MPN patients on his journey and wanted a way to give back to the MPN community. With a professional background in business administration and sociology, David has a passion for finding solutions and helping others. In 2013, David used his skill set to create PV Reporter, a comprehensive patient-focused website for MPNs. David refers to his site as a hub for patients to begin to research their cancer. Whether a patient, caregiver or healthcare provider, PV Reporter offers visitors a wealth of educational resources, patient stories, articles, and the latest news on the treatment for MPNs, helping MPN patients and their caregivers stay informed, connected and empowered. In 2015, along with the help of others, David founded a non-profit MPN Cancer Connection (MPN-CC), a patient-led 501©3 formed to create awareness that MPN patients are “cancer patients” and should have complete access to local and national programs and benefits. David’s philosophy is to educate patients to become their own advocates so that they can make informed decisions on their treatment. David’s dedication to the MPN community is further evidenced through his work and awards:
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Treatment Free Remission (TFR) in CML Patients （CML-CP）Study

Study Purpose

Improving the quality of life and achieving Treatment-Free Remission(TFR) is a long-term goal of treatment in CML-CP patients, and deep molecular response (DMR) is necessary to achieve TFR. Cording to the historical literature, it is reported that patients with CML-CP take MMR as the therapeutic target, and the acquisition rate of DMR under long-term TKI treatment is 50%. The 2-year success rate of TFR patients was 50%. Therefore, maybe only 25% of patients with CML can successfully stop the drug for a long time. It cannot meet the withdrawal needs of patients with long-term drug survival. This study is to design a real-world observational registration study for optimal effect. On the premise of taking DMR as the target decision, through initial treatment intervention, improve the DMR rate, which will promote clinical practice, so as to improve the 2-year TFR rate of cml-cp patients. This study is a multicenter, observational, prospective registry to identify the optimal treatment for achieving TFR in CML patients. In this study, the investigators will assess the deep molecular response after 12 months of treatment and the 2-year treatment-free remission rate (TFR 2y) after drug discontinuation. Eligible participants with CML-CP can be enrolled. The observation period of all participants is at least 60 months, of which the first 36 months is the shortest treatment period, and the last 24 months is the TFR observation period after TKIs (Imatinib/Flumatinib/Nilotinb/ Dasatinib) withdrawal. During the treatment phase, participants can receive TKIs ± IFN (or other treatments) as first-line/second-line treatment, and the treatment plan will be adjusted according to the molecular response. Patients should accept TKI treatment for at least 3 years or more, and MR4/MR4.5 should achieve at least 2 years before discontinuation.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Observational
Eligible Ages	14 Years and Over
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 1) Aged >=14 years old male and female; - 2) Patients with Ph+ CML-CP should meet any of the following conditions; 1.

Newly diagnosed Patients with CML-CP; 2. The CML-CP patients who treated with TKI (Imatinib, Nilotinib, Dasatinib and Flumatinib) are not achieved optimal （BCR-ABLIS>10% in 3 months, BCR-ABLIS>1% in 6 months, BCR-ABLIS>0.1% in 12 months or BCR-ABLIS>0.01% in 24 months ）or intolerance to these TKIs; The definition of the confirmed diagnosis: Bone marrow cytogenetics Ph chromosome t(9;22) positive and/or BCR-ABL fusion gene positive by FISH, and/or BCR-ABL fusion gene positive(>10%) by Q-PCR ;

- 3) Never received stem cell transplantation before enrollment; - 4) Female patients with fertility have a negative pregnancy test (within 7 days before enrollment).

All Patients with TFR requeirement should provid written informed consent before enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. T315I mutation is known; 2. Received stem cell transplantation before enrollment; 3. With other malignant tumors and need active intervention; 4. Those who are unable to follow the protocol steps or follow up on time; 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group physical performance score (ECOG PS) >=3; 6. Other situations deemed unsuitable by the researcher.

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT05440747
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Jianyu Jianyu, PhD
Principal Investigator Affiliation	Sponsor GmbH
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Not yet recruiting
Countries
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Treatment-free Remission

Arms & Interventions

Arms

: Newly diagnosed CML-CP patients

Treat with TKI (Imatinib or Flumatinib or Nilotinb or Dasatinib).

: Patients with suboptimal response

Treat with original TKI Treat with original TKI combined with interferon/thymosin; Replace other TKI ; Replace other TKI and combined with interferon/thymosin.

Interventions

Other: - TFR(Treatment-Free Remission)

Withdrawal TKIs(Tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Imatinib or Flumatinib or Nilotinb or Dasatinib)

Contact Information

This trial has no sites locations listed at this time. If you are interested in learning more, you can contact the trial's primary contact:

Jianyu Weng, PhD

gdph_wjy21@gd.gov.cn

+86-020-83827812

For additional contact information, you can also visit the trial on clinicaltrials.gov.