Cyclosporine Inhalation Solution (CIS) in Lung Transplant Recipients

Summary

Currently there are no approved therapies for lung transplant recipients in the United States (US). Treatment with CIS following lung transplantation has previously been demonstrated to result in a clinically meaningful improvement in survival and chronic rejection-free survival compared to placebo, but additional data supporting its use is needed prior to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. This treatment use protocol is a mechanism for providing eligible lung transplant recipients early access to CIS in advance of FDA approval.

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• Background Burkart GJ, Smaldone GC, Eldon MA, Venkataramanan R, Dauber J, Zeevi A, McCurry K, McKaveney TP, Corcoran TE, Griffith BP, Iacono AT. Lung deposition and pharmacokinetics of cyclosporine after aerosolization in lung transplant patients. Pharm Res. 2003 Feb;20(2):252-6. doi: 10.1023/a:1022275222207.
• Background Iacono AT, Smaldone GC, Keenan RJ, Diot P, Dauber JH, Zeevi A, Burckart GJ, Griffith BP. Dose-related reversal of acute lung rejection by aerosolized cyclosporine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1997 May;155(5):1690-8. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.5.9154878.
• Background Keenan RJ, Iacono A, Dauber JH, Zeevi A, Yousem SA, Ohori NP, Burckart GJ, Kawai A, Smaldone GC, Griffith BP. Treatment of refractory acute allograft rejection with aerosolized cyclosporine in lung transplant recipients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1997 Feb;113(2):335-40; discussion 340-1. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70331-3.
• Background Iacono A, Dauber J, Keenan R, Spichty K, Cai J, Grgurich W, Burckart G, Smaldone G, Pham S, Ohori NP, Yousem S, Williams P, Griffith B, Zeevi A. Interleukin 6 and interferon-gamma gene expression in lung transplant recipients with refractory acute cellular rejection: implications for monitoring and inhibition by treatment with aerosolized cyclosporine. Transplantation. 1997 Jul 27;64(2):263-9. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199707270-00015.
• Background Iacono AT, Johnson BA, Grgurich WF, Youssef JG, Corcoran TE, Seiler DA, Dauber JH, Smaldone GC, Zeevi A, Yousem SA, Fung JJ, Burckart GJ, McCurry KR, Griffith BP. A randomized trial of inhaled cyclosporine in lung-transplant recipients. N Engl J Med. 2006 Jan 12;354(2):141-50. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa043204.
• Background Iacono AT, Corcoran TE, Griffith BP, Grgurich WF, Smith DA, Zeevi A, Smaldone GC, McCurry KR, Johnson BA, Dauber JH. Aerosol cyclosporin therapy in lung transplant recipients with bronchiolitis obliterans. Eur Respir J. 2004 Mar;23(3):384-90. doi: 10.1183/09031936.04.00058504.
• Background Iacono AT, Keenan RJ, Duncan SR, Smaldone GC, Dauber JH, Paradis IL, Ohori NP, Grgurich WF, Burckart GJ, Zeevi A, Delgado E, O'Riordan TG, Zendarsky MM, Yousem SA, Griffith BP. Aerosolized cyclosporine in lung recipients with refractory chronic rejection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996 Apr;153(4 Pt 1):1451-5. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.4.8616581.

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