DO NOT PRESCRIBE (DNP): NICE TA241: NICE does not recommend high-dose imatinib for people with Philadelphia-chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia in the chronic, accelerated or blast-crisis phase that has got worse after treatment with standard-dose imatinib.
(Imatinib can be funded through the cancer drug fund for the above indication - seek advice from the oncologist/haematologist)
RED:1,2,3 NICE TA251: Leukaemia (chronic myeloid) - for 1st line treatment of chronic phase Philadelphia-chromosome-positive CML: Imatinib - recommended as an option (decision date - May 2012)
RED:1,2,3 NICE TA326: for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (decision date - December 2014)