Efficacy Study of Low-dose Glucocorticoid Prophylaxis for Acute Graft-versus-host Disease(GVHD)

Summary

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is one of the best, and sometimes the only, option for the treatment of leukemia. However, GVHD rate was still high after haploidentical HSCT. It was found in our previous study that CD4/CD8\>=1.16、CD56bright NK\>1.9×106/kg in the graft was associated with higher risk of developing acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD). The study hypothesis: Risk stratification-directed low-dose glucocorticoid prophylaxis for acute GVHD after unmanipulated haploidentical blood and marrow transplantation can reduce the incidence of acute GVHD

Timeline

Start

2012-06

Primary completion

2013-11

Completion

2014-02

Publications

• Chang YJ, Xu LP, Wang Y, Zhang XH, Chen H, Chen YH, Wang FR, Han W, Sun YQ, Yan CH, Tang FF, Mo XD, Liu KY, Huang XJ. Effects of Low-Dose Glucocorticoid Prophylaxis on Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease and Graft-versus-Host Disease-Free, Relapse-Free Survival after Haploidentical Transplantation: Long-Term Follow-Up of a Controlled, Randomized Open-Label Trial. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Mar;25(3):529-537. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.11.020. Epub 2018 Nov 24.

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