Novel First-line Therapies for Grade II Acute GVHD(Graft-versus-host Disease )

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of combined Ruxolitinib With Corticosteroids as First Line Therapy for grade II acute GVHD (graft-versus-host disease )

Timeline

Start

2025-06-01

Primary completion

2027-06-01

Completion

2027-06-01

Publications

• Background von Bubnoff N, Ihorst G, Grishina O, Rothling N, Bertz H, Duyster J, Finke J, Zeiser R. Ruxolitinib in GvHD (RIG) study: a multicenter, randomized phase 2 trial to determine the response rate of Ruxolitinib and best available treatment (BAT) versus BAT in steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) (NCT02396628). BMC Cancer. 2018 Nov 19;18(1):1132. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-5045-7.
• Background Zeiser R, von Bubnoff N, Butler J, Mohty M, Niederwieser D, Or R, Szer J, Wagner EM, Zuckerman T, Mahuzier B, Xu J, Wilke C, Gandhi KK, Socie G; REACH2 Trial Group. Ruxolitinib for Glucocorticoid-Refractory Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 7;382(19):1800-1810. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1917635. Epub 2020 Apr 22.
• Background Kujawska J, Zeiser R, Gil L. Recent advances in acute gastrointestinal graft versus host disease (aGvHD): aspects of steroid-resistant disease. Ann Hematol. 2025 Feb;104(2):855-865. doi: 10.1007/s00277-024-05952-0. Epub 2024 Aug 29.
• Background Holtan SG, Yu J, Choe HK, Paranagama D, Tang J, Naim A, Galvin J, Joachim Deeg H. Disease progression, treatments, hospitalization, and clinical outcomes in acute GVHD: a multicenter chart review. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2022 Oct;57(10):1581-1585. doi: 10.1038/s41409-022-01764-w. Epub 2022 Jul 30.
• Background Dou L, Zhao Y, Yang J, Deng L, Wang N, Zhang X, Liu Q, Yang Y, Wei Z, Wang F, Jiao Y, Li F, Luan S, Hu L, Gao S, Liu C, Liu X, Yan J, Zhang X, Zhou F, Lu P, Liu D. Ruxolitinib plus steroids for acute graft versus host disease: a multicenter, randomized, phase 3 trial. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2024 Oct 23;9(1):288. doi: 10.1038/s41392-024-01987-x.

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