Tacrolimus/methotrexate vs tacrolimus/reduced-dose methotrexate/mycophenolate for graft-versus-host disease prevention

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Tacrolimus (Tac)/methotrexate (MTX) is standard graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis; however, is associated with several toxicities. Tac, reduced-dose MTX (mini-MTX), and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) have been used but never compared with standard MTX. We performed a randomized trial comparing Tac/MTX (full-MTX) with Tac/mini-MTX/MMF (mini-MTX/MMF) for GVHD prevention after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Patients (pts) receiving first myeloablative HCT using an 8/8 HLA-matched donor were eligible. Primary end points were incidence of acute GVHD (aGVHD), mucositis, and engraftment. Secondary end points included chronic GVHD (cGVHD), organ toxicity, infection, relapse, nonrelapse mortality (NRM), and overall survival (OS). Ninety-six pts were randomly assigned to full-MTX (N = 49) or mini-MTX (N = 47). The majority (86%) used bone marrow grafts. There was no significant difference in grade 2-4 aGVHD (28% mini-MTX/MMF vs 27% full-MTX; P = .41); however higher incidence of grade 3-4 aGVHD (13% vs 4%; P = .07) with mini-MTX/MMF. Pts receiving mini-MTX/MMF had lower grade 3 or 4 mucositis and faster engraftment. There were no differences in moderate-to-severe cGVHD at 1 year or infections. Pts receiving mini-MTX/MMF experienced less nephrotoxicity and respiratory failure. There was no difference in the 1-year relapse (19% vs 21%; P = .89) and OS (72% vs 71%; P = .08), and mini-MTX/MMF was associated with lower but nonsignificant NRM (11% vs 22%; P = .06). Compared with full-MTX, mini-MTX/MMF was associated with no difference in grade 2-4 aGVHD and a more favorable toxicity profile. The higher severe aGVHD warrants further study to optimize this regimen. The trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT01951885.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Blood advances - 7(2023), 16 vom: 22. Aug., Seite 4505-4513

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hamilton, Betty K [VerfasserIn]
Rybicki, Lisa A [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Lucas, Taylor [VerfasserIn]
Corrigan, Donna [VerfasserIn]
Kalaycio, Matt [VerfasserIn]
Sobecks, Ronald [VerfasserIn]
Hanna, Rabi [VerfasserIn]
Rotz, Seth J [VerfasserIn]
Dean, Robert M [VerfasserIn]
Gerds, Aaron T [VerfasserIn]
Jagadeesh, Deepa [VerfasserIn]
Brunstein, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Sauter, Craig S [VerfasserIn]
Copelan, Edward A [VerfasserIn]
Majhail, Navneet S [VerfasserIn]

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Enzyme Inhibitors
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Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Methotrexate
Mycophenolic Acid
Randomized Controlled Trial
Tacrolimus
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.08.2023

Date Revised 23.08.2023

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01951885

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010310

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358536405