Combination of Alemtuzumab and Rituximab at Low-doses in Refractory Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether low-doses alemtuzumab and rituximab combination are effective in the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after first-line therapy failure.

Timeline

Start

2009-10

Primary completion

2011-10

Completion

2012-01

Publications

• Background Filipovich AH, Weisdorf D, Pavletic S, Socie G, Wingard JR, Lee SJ, Martin P, Chien J, Przepiorka D, Couriel D, Cowen EW, Dinndorf P, Farrell A, Hartzman R, Henslee-Downey J, Jacobsohn D, McDonald G, Mittleman B, Rizzo JD, Robinson M, Schubert M, Schultz K, Shulman H, Turner M, Vogelsang G, Flowers ME. National Institutes of Health consensus development project on criteria for clinical trials in chronic graft-versus-host disease: I. Diagnosis and staging working group report. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2005 Dec;11(12):945-56. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.09.004.
• Background Pavletic SZ, Martin P, Lee SJ, Mitchell S, Jacobsohn D, Cowen EW, Turner ML, Akpek G, Gilman A, McDonald G, Schubert M, Berger A, Bross P, Chien JW, Couriel D, Dunn JP, Fall-Dickson J, Farrell A, Flowers ME, Greinix H, Hirschfeld S, Gerber L, Kim S, Knobler R, Lachenbruch PA, Miller FW, Mittleman B, Papadopoulos E, Parsons SK, Przepiorka D, Robinson M, Ward M, Reeve B, Rider LG, Shulman H, Schultz KR, Weisdorf D, Vogelsang GB; Response Criteria Working Group. Measuring therapeutic response in chronic graft-versus-host disease: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: IV. Response Criteria Working Group report. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2006 Mar;12(3):252-66. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.01.008.
• Background Martin PJ, Weisdorf D, Przepiorka D, Hirschfeld S, Farrell A, Rizzo JD, Foley R, Socie G, Carter S, Couriel D, Schultz KR, Flowers ME, Filipovich AH, Saliba R, Vogelsang GB, Pavletic SZ, Lee SJ; Design of Clinical Trials Working Group. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: VI. Design of Clinical Trials Working Group report. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2006 May;12(5):491-505. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.03.004.
• Background Ruiz-Arguelles GJ, Gil-Beristain J, Magana M, Ruiz-Delgado GJ. Alemtuzumab-induced resolution of refractory cutaneous chronic graft-versus-host disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2008 Jan;14(1):7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.09.013. Epub 2007 Dec 3.
• Background Zaja F, Bacigalupo A, Patriarca F, Stanzani M, Van Lint MT, Fili C, Scime R, Milone G, Falda M, Vener C, Laszlo D, Alessandrino PE, Narni F, Sica S, Olivieri A, Sperotto A, Bosi A, Bonifazi F, Fanin R; GITMO (Gruppo Italiano Trapianto Midollo Osseo). Treatment of refractory chronic GVHD with rituximab: a GITMO study. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2007 Aug;40(3):273-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705725. Epub 2007 Jun 4.
• Background von Bonin M, Oelschlagel U, Radke J, Stewart M, Ehninger G, Bornhauser M, Platzbecker U. Treatment of chronic steroid-refractory graft-versus-host disease with low-dose rituximab. Transplantation. 2008 Sep 27;86(6):875-9. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318183f662.
• Gutierrez-Aguirre CH, Cantu-Rodriguez OG, Borjas-Almaguer OD, Gonzalez-Llano O, Jaime-Perez JC, Solano-Genesta M, Gomez-Guijosa M, Mancias-Guerra C, Tarin L, Gomez-Almaguer D. Effectiveness of subcutaneous low-dose alemtuzumab and rituximab combination therapy for steroid-resistant chronic graft-versus-host disease. Haematologica. 2012 May;97(5):717-22. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2011.054577. Epub 2011 Dec 1.

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