Nilotinib ± Peg-IFN for First Line Chronic Phase CML Patients

Nilotinib 2 capsules of 150 mg orally twice daily at 12 hours difference, fasting (minimum 1 hour before or 2 hours after a meal) for at least 36 months

"* Nilotinib 2 capsules of 150 mg orally twice daily at 12 hours difference, fasting (minimum 1 hour before or 2 hours after a meal) for at least 36 months and~* Pegylated interferon alfa 2a subcutaneously once a week (auto-injection syringes of 135 and 90 micrograms) at 30 micrograms/week the first month alone (= priming procedure), then at 30 micrograms/2weeks the first month of combination to nilotinib and then at 45 micrograms/week thereafter until month 24 after nilotinib initiation."