Figure 3From: Multicenter phase II clinical trial of nilotinib for patients with imatinib-resistant or -intolerant chronic myeloid leukemia from the East Japan CML study group evaluation of molecular response and the efficacy and safety of nilotinib Overall survival of patients on present or discontinued treatment after 12 months. OS was measured from the date of initial nilotinib administration to the date of death, with a minimum follow-up of 24 months. OS was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared between groups using the stratified log-rank test. There was a significant difference between the 2 groups (log-rank test, P = 0.00844).Back to article page