Early Access Program Using Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Infusion for Patients With Steroid Refractory Acute GvHD After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)

Summary

An Early Access Program for patients with steroid refractory acute GvHD after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This Program is available for female and male who are recipients of allogenic HSCT and who have been newly diagnosed with acute GvHD.

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• Background Breit SN, Wakefield D, Robinson JP, Luckhurst E, Clark P, Penny R. The role of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency in the pathogenesis of immune disorders. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1985 Jun;35(3):363-80. doi: 10.1016/0090-1229(85)90097-2.
• Background Toldo S, Seropian IM, Mezzaroma E, Van Tassell BW, Salloum FN, Lewis EC, Voelkel N, Dinarello CA, Abbate A. Alpha-1 antitrypsin inhibits caspase-1 and protects from acute myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2011 Aug;51(2):244-51. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.05.003. Epub 2011 May 12.
• Background Lewis EC, Mizrahi M, Toledano M, Defelice N, Wright JL, Churg A, Shapiro L, Dinarello CA. alpha1-Antitrypsin monotherapy induces immune tolerance during islet allograft transplantation in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Oct 21;105(42):16236-41. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0807627105. Epub 2008 Oct 13.
• Background Churg A, Dai J, Zay K, Karsan A, Hendricks R, Yee C, Martin R, MacKenzie R, Xie C, Zhang L, Shapiro S, Wright JL. Alpha-1-antitrypsin and a broad spectrum metalloprotease inhibitor, RS113456, have similar acute anti-inflammatory effects. Lab Invest. 2001 Aug;81(8):1119-31. doi: 10.1038/labinvest.3780324.

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