Tocilizumab for Cytokine Release Syndrome Prophylaxis in Haploidentical Transplantation

Summary

Tocilizumab will be administered prior to transplantation in order to prevent the onset of cytokine release syndrome and its complications associated to peripheral blood haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide

Timeline

Start

2018-05-25

Primary completion

2019-05-15

Completion

2019-06-15

Publications

• Background Tanaka T, Narazaki M, Kishimoto T. Immunotherapeutic implications of IL-6 blockade for cytokine storm. Immunotherapy. 2016 Jul;8(8):959-70. doi: 10.2217/imt-2016-0020.
• Background Teachey DT, Grupp SA. Cytokine Release Syndrome after Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Oct;22(10):1736-1737. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2016.08.010. Epub 2016 Aug 16. No abstract available.
• Background Raj RV, Hamadani M, Szabo A, Pasquini MC, Shah NN, Drobyski WR, Shaw BE, Saber W, Rizzo JD, Jerkins J, Fenske TS, D'Souza A, Dhakal B, Zhang C, Konings S, Hari PN, Chhabra S. Peripheral Blood Grafts for T Cell-Replete Haploidentical Transplantation Increase the Incidence and Severity of Cytokine Release Syndrome. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Aug;24(8):1664-1670. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.04.010. Epub 2018 Apr 19.
• Results Abboud R, Keller J, Slade M, DiPersio JF, Westervelt P, Rettig MP, Meier S, Fehniger TA, Abboud CN, Uy GL, Vij R, Trinkaus KM, Schroeder MA, Romee R. Severe Cytokine-Release Syndrome after T Cell-Replete Peripheral Blood Haploidentical Donor Transplantation Is Associated with Poor Survival and Anti-IL-6 Therapy Is Safe and Well Tolerated. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Oct;22(10):1851-1860. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2016.06.010. Epub 2016 Jun 16.
• Results Kennedy GA, Varelias A, Vuckovic S, Le Texier L, Gartlan KH, Zhang P, Thomas G, Anderson L, Boyle G, Cloonan N, Leach J, Sturgeon E, Avery J, Olver SD, Lor M, Misra AK, Hutchins C, Morton AJ, Durrant ST, Subramoniapillai E, Butler JP, Curley CI, MacDonald KPA, Tey SK, Hill GR. Addition of interleukin-6 inhibition with tocilizumab to standard graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis after allogeneic stem-cell transplantation: a phase 1/2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2014 Dec;15(13):1451-1459. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)71017-4. Epub 2014 Nov 14.
• Results Drobyski WR, Szabo A, Zhu F, Keever-Taylor C, Hebert KM, Dunn R, Yim S, Johnson B, D'Souza A, Eapen M, Fenske TS, Hari P, Hamadani M, Horowitz MM, Rizzo JD, Saber W, Shah N, Shaw B, Pasquini M. Tocilizumab, tacrolimus and methotrexate for the prevention of acute graft-versus-host disease: low incidence of lower gastrointestinal tract disease. Haematologica. 2018 Apr;103(4):717-727. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2017.183434. Epub 2018 Jan 19.

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