Study of orBec® With Prednisone Therapy in the Treatment of Patients With Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)

Summary

Use of an oral topically-active glucocorticoid with limited side effects will control the gastrointestinal inflammatory process of GVHD and minimize glucocorticoid exposure.

Timeline

Start

2009-10

Primary completion

2011-12

Completion

2012-05

Publications

• Background McDonald GB, Bouvier M, Hockenbery DM, Stern JM, Gooley T, Farrand A, Murakami C, Levine DS. Oral beclomethasone dipropionate for treatment of intestinal graft-versus-host disease: a randomized, controlled trial. Gastroenterology. 1998 Jul;115(1):28-35. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5085(98)70361-0.
• Background Hockenbery DM, Cruickshank S, Rodell TC, Gooley T, Schuening F, Rowley S, David D, Brunvand M, Berryman B, Abhyankar S, Bouvier M, McDonald GB. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of oral beclomethasone dipropionate as a prednisone-sparing therapy for gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease. Blood. 2007 May 15;109(10):4557-63. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-05-021139. Epub 2007 Jan 23.

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