Treatment of Steroid-Refractory Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease Using Commercial Mesenchymal Stem Cell Products

Copyright © 2021 Murata and Teshima..

Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a life-threatening complication that can develop after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In particular, the prognosis of patients with steroid-refractory acute GVHD is extremely poor. Ryoncil™ (remestemcel-L), a human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) product, failed to show superiority over placebo in patients with steroid-refractory acute GVHD, but it was approved for use in pediatric patients in Canada and New Zealand based on the results of a subgroup analysis. Temcell®, an equivalent manufactured MSC product to remestemcel-L, was approved in Japan based on small single-arm studies by using a regulation for regenerative medicine in 2016. The efficacy of Temcell was evaluated in 381 consecutive patients treated with Temcell during the initial 3 years after its approval. Interestingly, its real-world efficacy was found to be equivalent to that observed in a prospective study of remestemcel-L with strict eligibility criteria. In this article, the potential of MSC therapy in the treatment of acute GVHD is discussed. A meticulous comparison of studies of remestemcel-L and Temcell, remestemcel-L/Temcell and ruxolitinib, and remestemcel-L/Temcell and thymoglobulin showed that the precise position of remestemcel-L/Temcell therapy in the treatment of acute GVHD remains to be determined.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 12(2021) vom: 06., Seite 724380

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Murata, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Teshima, Takanori [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biological Products
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
H57D26Z9YK
Journal Article
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)
Remestemcel-l
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Ruxolitinib
Steroid
Steroids
Thymoglobulin

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Date Completed 20.12.2021

Date Revised 20.12.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2021.724380

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33032358X