Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) With Methoxsalen for Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGVHD)

Summary

Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a long-lasting complication that can occur after transplants. The transplanted cells seem to fight with the patient's own cells. Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is a fairly new procedure for cGVHD. The participant gets a port to hook up to a machine. The machine removes the white blood cells, mixes them with a light-sensitive drug, shines light on it, and puts all the blood back in. This study will find out if patients respond better if they get ECP with methoxsalen, in addition to the pills normally used to treat cGVHD.

Timeline

Start

2011-11

Primary completion

2015-03

Completion

2015-03

Publications

• Results Jagasia M, Scheid C, Socie G, Ayuk FA, Tischer J, Donato ML, Batai A, Chen H, Chen SC, Chin T, Boodee H, Mitri G, Greinix HT. Randomized controlled study of ECP with methoxsalen as first-line treatment of patients with moderate to severe cGVHD. Blood Adv. 2019 Jul 23;3(14):2218-2229. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000145.

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