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Basiliximab Combined With Ruxolitinib as Second-line Treatment of Grade 3-4 Steroid-resistant aGVHD

Phase 4
Conditions
Safety and Efficacy
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT05021276
Lead Sponsor
The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
Brief Summary

Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is the most common life-threatening complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The recognized first-line treatment for grade 3-4 aGVHD is systemic glucocorticoid. However, there is no recognized second-line treatment for grade 3-4 steroid-resistant aGVHD (SR-aGVHD). The investigators try to observe the efficacy and safety of early application of anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody(basiliximab) combined with ruxotilinib in the treatment of severe SR-aGVHD.

Detailed Description

Adults ages 18-65 with grade 3-4 SR-aGVHD

Design

Participants with grade 3-4 steroid-refractory acute GVHD (progression after 3 days or lack of improvement after 5 days of 1.5-2 mg/kg/d systemic steroids) receive combined therapy of basiliximab and ruxolitinib.

Basiliximab is given 20mg twice a week for week 1, and then once a week until GVHD of the participants reaches grade 1(3 episodes for minimum).

Ruxolitinib is given 5mg twice a day for one day and then escalates to 10mg twice a day if the participant is not administered with triazole antifungal agent.

The drug dose will be adjusted according to participants' clinical manifestations, blood cell count, infection status and so on.

For participants with lower gastrointestinal GVHD, intravenous cyclosporine or tacrolimus is given and plasma concentration is monitored in a safe and effective range.

Best supportive treatment is given, including broad-spectrum anti-infection, nutrition support, and blood transfusion.

The investigators access the efficacy and safety of second-line therapy once a week from day 14 until complete remission is received. Then the investigators access the hematological disease status, aGVHD, cGVHD, infection state once a month.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Clinical diagnosis of primary grade 3-4(according to MAGIC criteria) steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease(progression after 3 days or lack of improvement after 5 days of systemic 1.5-2 mg/kg steroids).
  • Age 18-65.
  • ECOG score≤3.
  • Must be able to understand and willing to participate in the study and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Refractory/secondary graft-versus-host disease.
  • Severe complications such as myocardial infarction, chronic cardiac insufficiency, hepatic failure, renal insufficiency, etc.
  • Clinically uncontrolled active infections.
  • Other Malignant tumors with progression.
  • Ecg: QT interval > 450 ms.
  • Allergic to arsenic agent.
  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • Expected survival <60 days.
  • Undergoing other drug clinical trials.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ruxolitinib+basiliximabRuxolitinibPatients with grade 3-4 steroid-refractory aGVHD receive combined therapy of basiliximab and ruxolitinib.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
overall response rate at day 28day 28

The primary endpoint is the overall response rate (ORR) at day 28 defined as proportion of patients demonstrating partial (PR) or complete response (CR) without requirement for additional systemic immunosuppressive therapy (IST) at day 28 after second-line treatment initiates.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to responsethrough study completion(median 12 days according to previous study)

Time to response, defined as time from the day treatment initiates to the date of first documentation PR or CR.

OSthrough study completion, an average of 1year

Overall survival (OS) defined as time from the day treatment initiates to the date of death from any cause.

EFSthrough study completion, an average of 1year

Event-free survival (EFS) defined as the time from the day treatment initiates to the date of recurrence of underlying hematologic disease, graft failure or death due to any cause.

incidence rate of secondary grade 3-4 liver aGVHDthrough study completion, an average of 1 year

incidence rate of secondary grade 3-4 liver aGVHD

incidence rated of chronic GVHDthrough study completion, an average of 1 year

incidence rated of chronic GVHD

ORR at d14/d56day 14, day 56

overall response rate at day 14/56

Duration of responsethrough study completion, an average of 1year

Duration of response, assessed for responders only by calculating the time from first response to the date of first observation of aGvHD relapse/progression or the date of additional IST for GvHD.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

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Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

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