Prevention of the Graft-Versus-Host-Disease in Patients After Stem Cell Transplantation With Tacrolimus and Everolimus

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to provide preliminary data about the efficacy and the safety of the combination of tacrolimus with everolimus in the prophylaxis of the graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD) in patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Timeline

Start

2005-10

Primary completion

2008-05

Completion

2008-05

Publications

• Background Antin JH, Kim HT, Cutler C, Ho VT, Lee SJ, Miklos DB, Hochberg EP, Wu CJ, Alyea EP, Soiffer RJ. Sirolimus, tacrolimus, and low-dose methotrexate for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis in mismatched related donor or unrelated donor transplantation. Blood. 2003 Sep 1;102(5):1601-5. doi: 10.1182/blood-2003-02-0489. Epub 2003 May 1.
• Background Barten MJ, Streit F, Boeger M, Dhein S, Tarnok A, Shipkova M, Armstrong VW, Mohr FW, Oellerich M, Gummert JF. Synergistic effects of sirolimus with cyclosporine and tacrolimus: analysis of immunosuppression on lymphocyte proliferation and activation in rat whole blood. Transplantation. 2004 Apr 27;77(8):1154-62. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000120391.42712.e8.
• Background Bornhauser M, Schuler U, Porksen G, Naumann R, Geissler G, Thiede C, Schwerdtfeger R, Ehninger G, Thiede HM. Mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine as graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis after allogeneic blood stem cell transplantation. Transplantation. 1999 Feb 27;67(4):499-504. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199902270-00001.
• Background Cutler C, Kim HT, Hochberg E, Ho V, Alyea E, Lee SJ, Fisher DC, Miklos D, Levin J, Sonis S, Soiffer RJ, Antin JH. Sirolimus and tacrolimus without methotrexate as graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis after matched related donor peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2004 May;10(5):328-36. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2003.12.305.
• Background Eisen HJ, Tuzcu EM, Dorent R, Kobashigawa J, Mancini D, Valantine-von Kaeppler HA, Starling RC, Sorensen K, Hummel M, Lind JM, Abeywickrama KH, Bernhardt P; RAD B253 Study Group. Everolimus for the prevention of allograft rejection and vasculopathy in cardiac-transplant recipients. N Engl J Med. 2003 Aug 28;349(9):847-58. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa022171.
• Background Gratwohl A, Brand R, Apperley J, Biezen Av Av, Bandini G, Devergie A, Schattenberg A, Frassoni F, Guglielmi C, Iacobelli S, Michallet M, Kolb HJ, Ruutu T, Niederwieser D; Chronic Leukemia Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (CLWP-EBMT). Graft-versus-host disease and outcome in HLA-identical sibling transplantations for chronic myeloid leukemia. Blood. 2002 Dec 1;100(12):3877-86. doi: 10.1182/blood.V100.12.3877.
• Background Hackstein H, Taner T, Zahorchak AF, Morelli AE, Logar AJ, Gessner A, Thomson AW. Rapamycin inhibits IL-4--induced dendritic cell maturation in vitro and dendritic cell mobilization and function in vivo. Blood. 2003 Jun 1;101(11):4457-63. doi: 10.1182/blood-2002-11-3370. Epub 2003 Jan 16.
• Background Hoyer PF, Ettenger R, Kovarik JM, Webb NJ, Lemire J, Mentser M, Mahan J, Loirat C, Niaudet P, VanDamme-Lombaerts R, Offner G, Wehr S, Moeller V, Mayer H; Everolimus Pediatric Study Group. Everolimus in pediatric de nova renal transplant patients. Transplantation. 2003 Jun 27;75(12):2082-5. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000070139.63068.54.
• Background Kovarik JM. Everolimus: a proliferation signal inhibitor targeting primary causes of allograft dysfunction. Drugs Today (Barc). 2004 Feb;40(2):101-9. doi: 10.1358/dot.2004.40.2.799422.
• Background Kovarik JM, Kaplan B, Silva HT, Kahan BD, Dantal J, McMahon L, Berthier S, Hsu CH, Rordorf C. Pharmacokinetics of an everolimus-cyclosporine immunosuppressive regimen over the first 6 months after kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2003 May;3(5):606-13. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00107.x.
• Background MacDonald AS. Rapamycin in combination with cyclosporine or tacrolimus in liver, pancreas, and kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2003 May;35(3 Suppl):201S-208S. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00231-8.
• Background Monti P, Mercalli A, Leone BE, Valerio DC, Allavena P, Piemonti L. Rapamycin impairs antigen uptake of human dendritic cells. Transplantation. 2003 Jan 15;75(1):137-45. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200301150-00025.
• Background Nash RA, Antin JH, Karanes C, Fay JW, Avalos BR, Yeager AM, Przepiorka D, Davies S, Petersen FB, Bartels P, Buell D, Fitzsimmons W, Anasetti C, Storb R, Ratanatharathorn V. Phase 3 study comparing methotrexate and tacrolimus with methotrexate and cyclosporine for prophylaxis of acute graft-versus-host disease after marrow transplantation from unrelated donors. Blood. 2000 Sep 15;96(6):2062-8.
• Background Panwalkar A, Verstovsek S, Giles FJ. Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibition as therapy for hematologic malignancies. Cancer. 2004 Feb 15;100(4):657-66. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20026.
• Background Qi S, Xu D, Peng J, Vu MD, Wu J, Bekersky I, Fitzsimmons WE, Peets J, Sehgal S, Daloze P, Chen H. Effect of tacrolimus (FK506) and sirolimus (rapamycin) mono- and combination therapy in prolongation of renal allograft survival in the monkey. Transplantation. 2000 Apr 15;69(7):1275-83. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200004150-00012.
• Background Storb R, Deeg HJ, Whitehead J, Appelbaum F, Beatty P, Bensinger W, Buckner CD, Clift R, Doney K, Farewell V, et al. Methotrexate and cyclosporine compared with cyclosporine alone for prophylaxis of acute graft versus host disease after marrow transplantation for leukemia. N Engl J Med. 1986 Mar 20;314(12):729-35. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198603203141201.
• Background Sullivan KM, Anasetti C, Horowitz M, Rowlings PA, Petersdorf EW, Martin PJ, Clift RA, Walters MC, Gooley T, Sierra J, Anderson JE, Bjerke J, Siadak M, Flowers ME, Nash RA, Sanders JE, Appelbaum FR, Storb R, Hansen JA. Unrelated and HLA-nonidentical related donor marrow transplantation for thalassemia and leukemia. A combined report from the Seattle Marrow Transplant Team and the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1998 Jun 30;850:312-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10488.x.
• Background Sullivan KM, Weiden PL, Storb R, Witherspoon RP, Fefer A, Fisher L, Buckner CD, Anasetti C, Appelbaum FR, Badger C, et al. Influence of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease on relapse and survival after bone marrow transplantation from HLA-identical siblings as treatment of acute and chronic leukemia. Blood. 1989 May 1;73(6):1720-8.
• Background Vu MD, Qi S, Xu D, Wu J, Fitzsimmons WE, Sehgal SN, Dumont L, Busque S, Daloze P, Chen H. Tacrolimus (FK506) and sirolimus (rapamycin) in combination are not antagonistic but produce extended graft survival in cardiac transplantation in the rat. Transplantation. 1997 Dec 27;64(12):1853-6. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199712270-00039.
• Background Woltman AM, van der Kooij SW, Coffer PJ, Offringa R, Daha MR, van Kooten C. Rapamycin specifically interferes with GM-CSF signaling in human dendritic cells, leading to apoptosis via increased p27KIP1 expression. Blood. 2003 Feb 15;101(4):1439-45. doi: 10.1182/blood-2002-06-1688. Epub 2002 Sep 26.
• Background Xu Q, Simpson SE, Scialla TJ, Bagg A, Carroll M. Survival of acute myeloid leukemia cells requires PI3 kinase activation. Blood. 2003 Aug 1;102(3):972-80. doi: 10.1182/blood-2002-11-3429. Epub 2003 Apr 17.

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