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A phase III study of infliximab and corticosteroids for the initial treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease.

Author(s): Couriel DR, Saliba R, de Lima M, Giralt S, Andersson B, Khouri I, Hosing C, Ippoliti C, Shpall EJ, Champlin R, Alousi A

Affiliation(s): Sarah Cannon Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Tennessee Oncology/Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. dcouriel@tnonc.com

Publication date & source: 2009-12, Biol Blood Marrow Transplant., 15(12):1555-62. Epub 2009 Sep 25.

Publication type: Clinical Trial, Phase III; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-alpha) therapy with infliximab has shown to be effective for patients with steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD). An open-labeled, phase III trial was conducted to determine if the addition of infliximab to steroids could improve results for patients with newly diagnosed grade II-IV aGVHD. A total of 63 patients were randomized either to 2 mg/kg/day methylprednisolone (MP) or infliximab+ MP. Average age was 47 years (range: 20-70 years); 64% were male. Fifty-three percent and 51% of patients received a matched-sibling and/or bone marrow (BM) graft. Sixty-seven percent had grade II, 33% grade III-IV aGVHD; 62% had skin, 53% gastrointestinal (GI), and 7% had liver involvement. At days 7 and 28, the response rate for infliximab+ MP versus MP was 52% versus 78%, P=.03 and 62% versus 58%, P=.7, respectively. Cumulative incidences of GVHD-related mortality, nonrelapse mortality (NRM), and overall survival (OS) were not significantly different between the 2 groups (GVHD-related mortality: 38% versus 32%, P=.6; NRM: 52% versus 36%, P=.3; OS: 17% and 28%, P=.4 for infliximab+ MP versus MP, respectively). Patients with newly diagnosed aGVHD derive no benefit from the addition of anti-TNF-alpha therapy with infliximab when compared to corticosteroids alone.

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