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Puckrin R, Kwan ACF, Blosser N, Leyshon C, Duggan P, Daly A, Zepeda V, Stewart D, Chaudhry A, Storek J, Jamani K. Corticosteroids as graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients with calcineurin inhibitor intolerance. Cytotherapy 2023; 25:1101-1106. [PMID: 37306643 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2023.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AIMS Although calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) have a well-established role in the prevention of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), their use can be limited by significant toxicities, which may result in premature treatment discontinuation. The optimal management of patients with CNI intolerance is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of corticosteroids as GVHD prophylaxis for patients with CNI intolerance. METHODS This retrospective single-center study included consecutive adult patients with hematologic malignancies who underwent myeloablative peripheral blood allogeneic HCT with anti-thymocyte globulin, CNI, and methotrexate GVHD prophylaxis in Alberta, Canada. Multivariable competing-risks regression was used to compare cumulative incidences of GVHD, relapse, and non-relapse mortality between recipients of corticosteroid versus continuous CNI prophylaxis, and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression was applied to compare overall survival, relapse-free survival (RFS) and moderate-to-severe chronic GVHD and RFS. RESULTS Among 509 allogeneic HCT recipients, 58 (11%) patients developed CNI intolerance and were switched to corticosteroid prophylaxis at median 28 days (range 1-53) after HCT. Compared with patients who received continuous CNI prophylaxis, recipients of corticosteroid prophylaxis had significantly greater cumulative incidences of grade 2-4 acute GVHD (subhazard ratio [SHR] 1.74, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.08-2.80, P = 0.024), grade 3-4 acute GVHD (SHR 3.22, 95% CI 1.55-6.72, P = 0.002), and GVHD-related non-relapse mortality (SHR 3.07, 95% CI 1.54-6.12, P = 0.001). There were no significant differences in moderate-to-severe chronic GVHD (SHR 0.84, 95% CI 0.43-1.63, P = 0.60) or relapse (SHR 0.92, 95% CI 0.53-1.62, P = 0.78), but corticosteroid prophylaxis was associated with significantly inferior overall survival (hazard ratio [HR] 1.77, 95% CI 1.20-2.61, P = 0.004), RFS (HR 1.54, 95% CI 1.06-2.25, P = 0.024), and chronic GVHD and RFS (HR 1.46, 95% CI 1.04-2.05, P = 0.029). CONCLUSIONS Allogeneic HCT recipients with CNI intolerance are at increased risks of acute GVHD and poor outcomes despite institution of corticosteroid prophylaxis following premature CNI discontinuation. Alternative GVHD prophylaxis strategies are needed for this high-risk population.
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- Robert Puckrin
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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- Cross Cancer Institute and University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Mirza AS, Tandon A, Jenneman D, Cao S, Brimer T, Kumar A, Kidd M, Khimani F, Faramand R, Mishra A, Liu H, Nishihori T, Perez L, Lazaryan A, Bejanyan N, Nieder M, Pidala J, Elmariah H. Outcomes Following Intolerance to Tacrolimus/Sirolimus Graft-Versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 2022; 28:185.e1-185.e7. [PMID: 35017119 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although tacrolimus and sirolimus (TAC/SIR) is an accepted graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT), toxicity from this regimen can lead to premature discontinuation of immunosuppression. There are limited studies reporting outcomes and subsequent treatment of patients with TAC/SIR intolerance. OBJECTIVES To assess outcomes of patients with TAC/SIR intolerance and guide subsequent management after intolerance. STUDY DESIGN We retrospectively analyzed transplant outcomes of consecutive adult patients at Moffitt Cancer Center who received allogeneic HCT with TAC/SIR as GVHD prophylaxis from 2009 to 2018. TAC/SIR intolerance was defined as discontinuation due to toxicity of either TAC or SIR before post-transplant day 100. RESULTS 777 patients met the inclusion criteria. Median follow-up was 22 (0.2-125) months. Intolerance occurred in 13% (n = 104) of patients at a median of 30 (range 5-90) days. The most common causes of intolerance were acute kidney injury (n = 53 [51%]), thrombotic microangiopathy (n = 31 [28%]), and veno-occlusive disease (n = 23 [22%]). The cumulative incidence of grade 2 to 4 acute GVHD at 100 days in TAC/SIR-intolerant patients was 50% (95% CI, 39%-64%) and 25% (95% CI, 22%-29%) in patients tolerant to this regimen (P < .0001). In multivariate analyses, grade 2 to 4 acute GVHD was significantly higher in TAC/SIR-intolerant patients (HR 2.40; 95% CI, 1.59-3.61; P < .0001). Similarly, in multivariate analyses, TAC/SIR-intolerant patients had more chronic GVHD (HR 1.48, 95% CI, 1.03-2.12; P = .03). The non-relapse mortality (NRM) at 1 year in TAC/SIR-intolerant patients was 47% (95% CI, 38%-59%) and 12% (95% CI, 10%-15%) in those tolerant to the regimen (P < .0001). The 2-year relapse free survival of TAC/SIR-intolerant patients was 35% (95% CI, 25%-44%) and 60% (95% CI, 57%-65%) among TAC/SIR-tolerant patients, (HR 2.30; 95% CI, 1.61-3.28; P < .0001). Intolerance stratified by early (≤30 days) versus late (31-100 days) significantly affected the cumulative incidence of acute GVHD at 75% (early [95% CI, 59%-94%]) versus 33% ([late] 95% CI, 21%-50%) (P = .001) as well as the cumulative incidence of NRM at 61% ([early] 95% CI, 48%-77%) versus 35% ([late] 95% CI, 24%-51%) (P = .006). After developing TAC/SIR intolerance, most patients were switched to an alternative 2-drug regimen (71/104 [68%]), with the most common being mycophenolate mofetil in addition to continuing TAC or SIR (68/71 [96%]). CONCLUSIONS Overall, TAC/SIR intolerance was associated with poorer outcomes. Early intolerance contributed to higher risk of acute GVHD, increased NRM, and inferior survival. Patients with early intolerance were often switched to an alternative agent, and patients with late intolerance tended to be continued on single-drug therapy without substitution. Single-drug versus 2-drug regimens after intolerance did not appear to affect outcomes. Management strategies to mitigate the risks of intolerance are warranted.
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- Abu-Sayeef Mirza
- University of South Florida, Dept of Internal Medicine, Tampa, FL
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- University of South Florida, Dept of Internal Medicine, Tampa, FL
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- University of South Florida, Dept of Internal Medicine, Tampa, FL
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- University of South Florida, Dept of Internal Medicine, Tampa, FL
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- University of South Florida, Dept of Internal Medicine, Tampa, FL
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- Morsani College of Medicine, Dept of Evidence Based Medicine, Tampa FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, Dept. of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL.
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Ramzi M, Haghighat S, Namdari N, Haghighinejad H. Combination of Low-Dose, Short-Course Mycophenolate Mofetil With Cyclosporine and Methotrexate for Graft-Versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2020; 19:1328-1333. [PMID: 32778017 DOI: 10.6002/ect.2020.0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVES With the standard regimen for graft-versushost disease prophylaxis in allogeneic stem cell transplant with human leukocyte antigen-matched donor, grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease occurs in 30% to 50% of sibling and up to 80% of unrelated recipients. Studies with limited patient numbers have shown efficacy and safety of mycophenolate mofetil for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis. We investigated the effect of low-dose mycophenolate mofetil added to a standardized prophylaxis regimen for graft-versus-host disease in related human leukocyte antigen-matched allogeneic stem cell transplant. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective randomized clinical trial, we compared cyclosporine and methotrexate versus the combination of cyclosporine, methotrexate, and mycophenolate mofetil in all patients who underwent human leukocyte antigencompatible related donor allogeneic stem cell transplant for acute leukemia during 3 years at the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Shiraz, Iran). RESULTS All 134 patients in both groups underwent successful engraftment. Recovery times for neutrophils and platelets were not significantly different between groups (P < .05). Incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease in the cyclosporine, methotrexate, and mycophenolate mofetil group was less than in the cyclosporine and methotrexate group (21.6% vs 40.9%; P = .041). Incidence of grade II-IV acute graftversus-host disease in the mycophenolate mofetil group was 15.2% versus the control group at 33% (P = .045). CONCLUSIONS Our single-center study suggests the combination of mycophenolate mofetil, cyclosporine, and methotrexate is superior to the standard regimen of cyclosporine and methotrexate for graft-versushost disease prophylaxis after human leukocyte antigen-matched related donor allogeneic stem cell transplant.
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- Mani Ramzi
- From the Hematology Research Center and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Fox ML, García-Cadenas I, Pérez AM, Villacampa G, Piñana JL, Ortí G, Montoro J, Roldán E, Bosch Vilaseca A, Martino R, Salamero O, Saavedra S, Hernandez-Boluda JC, Esquirol A, Sierra J, Sanz J, Solano C, Bosch F, Barba P, Valcarcel D. Feasibility of thiotepa addition to the fludarabine-busulfan conditioning with tacrolimus/sirolimus as graft vs host disease prophylaxis. Leuk Lymphoma 2020; 61:1823-1832. [PMID: 32654570 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1788015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In classical reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens, including the fludarabine and busulphan (BF) combination, sirolimus and tacrolimus (SIR-TAC) as graft vs host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis has shown acceptable results. The outcomes of SIR-TAC in a more intense RIC regimen as Thiotepa-fludarabine-busulfan (TBF) have been hardly investigated. This retrospective study included all consecutive patients receiving an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for myeloid malignancies (January 2009-2017) conditioned with either TBF or BF and receiving SIR-TAC. Patients receiving TBF presented higher non-relapse mortality (31.6 vs 12.3%, p = .01), along with shorter overall survival (51.8% vs 77.8%, p < .01) at 2 years than patients treated with BF. There were no significant differences in the cumulative incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD or moderate-severe chronic GVHD or relapse between both groups. These results suggest that TBF does not seem to improve the traditional RIC BF regimen, at least when associated with SIR-TAC prophylaxis.
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- María Laura Fox
- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute (IIB Sant-Pau), Barcelona, Spain.,José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario- INCLIVA. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Oncology Data Science (ODysSey) Group, Vall d´Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain - CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain - CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute (IIB Sant-Pau), Barcelona, Spain.,José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute (IIB Sant-Pau), Barcelona, Spain.,José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute (IIB Sant-Pau), Barcelona, Spain.,José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute (IIB Sant-Pau), Barcelona, Spain.,José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute (IIB Sant-Pau), Barcelona, Spain.,José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain - CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario- INCLIVA. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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