Glivec

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imatinib

Authorised
This medicine is authorised for use in the European Union.

Overview

This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Glivec. It explains how the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) assessed the medicine to reach its opinion in favour of granting a marketing authorisation and its recommendations on the conditions of use for Glivec.

This EPAR was last updated on 29/03/2023

Authorisation details

Product details
Name
Glivec
Agency product number
EMEA/H/C/000406
Active substance
imatinib
International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name
imatinib
Therapeutic area (MeSH)
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
  • Dermatofibrosarcoma
  • Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code
L01EA01
Additional monitoringAdditional monitoring

This medicine is under additional monitoring, meaning that it is monitored even more intensively than other medicines. For more information, see Medicines under additional monitoring.

Publication details
Marketing-authorisation holder
Novartis Europharm Limited
Revision
45
Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union
07/11/2001
Contact address

Vista Building
Elm Park
Merrion Road
Dublin 4
Ireland

Product information

27/03/2023 Glivec - EMEA/H/C/000406 - IB/0132/G

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Pharmacotherapeutic group

Antineoplastic agents

Therapeutic indication

Glivec is indicated for the treatment of

  • adult and paediatric patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia-chromosome (bcr-abl)-positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) for whom bone-marrow transplantation is not considered as the first line of treatment;
  • adult and paediatric patients with Ph+ CML in chronic phase after failure of interferon-alpha therapy, or in accelerated phase or blast crisis;
  • adult and paediatric patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia-chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (Ph+ ALL) integrated with chemotherapy;
  • adult patients with relapsed or refractory Ph+ ALL as monotherapy;
  • adult patients with myelodysplastic / myeloproliferative diseases (MDS / MPD) associated with platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) gene re-arrangements;
  • adult patients with advanced hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) and / or chronic eosinophilic leukaemia (CEL) with FIP1L1-PDGFRa rearrangement.

The effect of Glivec on the outcome of bone-marrow transplantation has not been determined.

Glivec is indicated for:

  • the treatment of adult patients with Kit (CD 117)-positive unresectable and / or metastatic malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST);
  • the adjuvant treatment of adult patients who are at significant risk of relapse following resection of Kit (CD117)-positive GIST. Patients who have a low or very low risk of recurrence should not receive adjuvant treatment;
  • the treatment of adult patients with unresectable dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) and adult patients with recurrent and / or metastatic DFSP who are not eligible for surgery.

In adult and paediatric patients, the effectiveness of Glivec is based on overall haematological and cytogenetic response rates and progression-free survival in CML, on haematological and cytogenetic response rates in Ph+ ALL, MDS / MPD, on haematological response rates in HES / CEL and on objective response rates in adult patients with unresectable and / or metastatic GIST and DFSP and on recurrence-free survival in adjuvant GIST. The experience with Glivec in patients with MDS / MPD associated with PDGFR gene re-arrangements is very limited (see section 5.1). Except in newly diagnosed chronic phase CML, there are no controlled trials demonstrating a clinical benefit or increased survival for these diseases.

Assessment history

Changes since initial authorisation of medicine

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