Efficacy and Safety Study of Budesonide to Treat Oral Chronic Graft vs Host Disease (cGvHD)

Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy and tolerability of budesonide 3 mg effervescent tablet (9 mg/day) compared to placebo for the treatment of patients with resistant oral cGvHD.

Timeline

Start

2009-03

Primary completion

2015-10

Completion

2015-10

Publications

• Background Elad S, Or R, Garfunkel AA, Shapira MY. Budesonide: a novel treatment for oral chronic graft versus host disease. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2003 Mar;95(3):308-11. doi: 10.1067/moe.2003.23.
• Elad S, Zeevi I, Finke J, Koldehoff M, Schwerdtfeger R, Wolff D, Mohrbacher R, Levitt M, Greinwald R, Shapira MY. Improvement in oral chronic graft-versus-host disease with the administration of effervescent tablets of topical budesonide-an open, randomized, multicenter study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2012 Jan;18(1):134-40. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.06.001. Epub 2011 Jun 12.

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