Safety Study of Calcineurin Inhibitor Free GvHD Prophylaxis in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Summary

In stem cell transplantation as treatment for malignant diseases, calcineurin inhibitors like cyclosporine A are commonly used to prevent tissue destruction (GvHD) by activated donor immune cells. The hypothesis for this study is, that replacing calcineurin inhibitors by everolimus and mycophenolate as GvHD prophylaxis not only reduces toxicity of the treatment but also improves tolerance induction of the donor T cells toward the host, eventually increasing the safety of stem cell transplantation.

Timeline

Start

2008-03

Primary completion

2010-03

Completion

2011-03

Publications

• Schafer H, Blumel-Lehmann J, Ihorst G, Bertz H, Wasch R, Zeiser R, Finke J, Marks R. A prospective single-center study on CNI-free GVHD prophylaxis with everolimus plus mycophenolate mofetil in allogeneic HCT. Ann Hematol. 2021 Aug;100(8):2095-2103. doi: 10.1007/s00277-021-04487-y. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

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