Imatinib Dosage
Generic name: imatinib
Brand name: Gleevec
Dosage form: oral tablet (100 mg; 400 mg)
Drug class: BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Medically reviewed by A Ras MD.
Recommended Adult Dosing
Dosage forms: TAB: 100 mg, 400 mg
Special Note
Ph-positive CML
- [chronic phase, newly diagnosed]
- Dose: 400 mg PO qd; Info: may incr. dose to 600 mg PO qd if dz progression, hematologic response not achieved after at least 3mo tx, cytogenetic response not achieved after 6-12mo tx, or loss of hematologic or cytogenetic response; give w/ meal
- [chronic phase, resistant or intolerant dz]
- Dose: 400 mg PO qd; Info: may incr. dose to 600 mg PO qd if dz progression, hematologic response not achieved after at least 3mo tx, cytogenetic response not achieved after 6-12mo tx, or loss of hematologic or cytogenetic response; give w/ meal
- [accelerated phase or blast phase, resistant or intolerant dz]
- Dose: 600 mg PO qd; Info: may incr. dose to 400 mg PO bid if dz progression, hematologic response not achieved after at least 3mo tx, cytogenetic response not achieved after 6-12mo tx, or loss of hematologic or cytogenetic response; give w/ meal
Ph-positive ALL, relapsed or refractory
- [600 mg PO qd]
- Info: give w/ meal
Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative dz
- [400 mg PO qd]
- Info: for pts w/ PDGFR gene re-arrangements; give w/ meal
Aggressive systemic mastocytosis
- [400 mg PO qd]
- Info: for pts w/o D816V c-Kit mutation or unknown c-Kit mutation status; start 100 mg PO qd if eosinophilia-assoc. dz; give w/ meal
Hypereosinophilic syndrome and/or CEL
- [400 mg PO qd]
- Info: start 100 mg PO qd in pts w/ FIP1L1-PDGFR alfa fusion kinase; give w/ meal
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, advanced
- [400 mg PO bid]
- Info: give w/ meal
Kit-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- [adjuvant tx]
- Dose: 400 mg PO qd x3y; Info: give w/ meal
- [unresectable or metastatic dz]
- Dose: 400 mg PO qd; Max: 400 mg PO bid; Info: give w/ meal
Renal dosing
- [adjust dose amount]
- CrCl 40-59: max 600 mg/day; CrCl 20-39: decr. usual start dose by 50%, max 400 mg/day; CrCl <20: decr. usual dose, amount not defined
- HD/PD: not defined
Hepatic dosing
- [adjust dose amount]
- severe impairment: decr. dose 25%
Recommended Peds Dosing
- Dosage forms: TAB: 100 mg, 400 mg
Chronic phase Ph-positive CML, newly diagnosed
- [1 yo and older]
- Dose: 340 mg/m^2/day PO divided qd-bid; Max: 600 mg/day; Info: give w/ meal
Ph-positive ALL, newly diagnosed
- [1 yo and older]
- Dose: 340 mg/m^2/dose PO qd; Max: 600 mg/day; Info: part of multi-drug chemo regimen; give w/ meal
Renal dosing
- [not defined]
- renal impairment: consider adult renal dosing for guidance
- HD/PD: not defined
Hepatic dosing
- [not defined]
- hepatic impairment: consider adult hepatic dosing for guidance
SRC: NLM .