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Clinical Trials/NCT07484113
NCT07484113Not yet recruitingPhase 1

IL6-receptor Inhibitor in Combination With Belumosudil for the Treatment of Belumosudil-refractory Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (cGVHD)

Stanford University0 sites10 target enrollmentStarted: September 1, 2026Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions
Drugs

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 1
Status
Not yet recruiting
Enrollment
10
Primary Endpoint
Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events

Study Overview

Brief Summary

A single-center, Phase 1, open-label, investigator-initiated clinical trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of sarilumab (anti-IL-6R) monotherapy as a rescue in adult patients with belumosudil-refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD).

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non Randomized
Intervention Model
Sequential
Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Age ≥ 18 years
  • •Active cGVHD and currently receiving belumosudil with inadequate response (defined as disease progression at any time or failure to achieve at least a partial response after a minimum of 3 months of belumosudil therapy, and for whom the treating physician believes a new systemic therapy is required).
  • •Persistent cGVHD manifestations and systemic therapy indicated.
  • •Karnofsky Performance Score of ≥
  • •Laboratory Parameters:
  • •Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L
  • •Platelet count ≥ 50 x 109/L
  • •ALT and AST < 1.5 × ULN
  • •Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN
  • •Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 30 ml/min/1.73m2
  • •General Criteria:
  • •Negative urine pregnancy test at screening for females of childbearing potential.
  • •Sexually active females of childbearing potential must agree to use two accepted methods of contraception during treatment and for 3 months after their last dose.
  • •Sexually active male subjects with female partners of childbearing potential must agree to use two accepted methods of contraception and refrain from sperm donation during treatment and for at least 3 months after their last dose.
  • •14. Ability to provide written informed consent (or consent from legally authorized representative).
  • •Minimum weight of 63 kg

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Not on a stable systemic cGVHD treatments for at least 2 weeks prior to screening. (Note: Concomitant corticosteroids, calcineurin inhibitors, sirolimus are allowed. Systemic investigational GVHD treatments are not permitted).
  • •Histological relapse of the underlying cancer or post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease at the time of screening.
  • •Current treatment with ibrutinib or ruxolitinib. Prior treatment is allowed with a washout of at least 1 week prior to randomization.
  • •General Criteria:
  • •Pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • •History or other evidence of severe illness or any other conditions that would make the subject, in the opinion of the sponsor-investigator, unsuitable for the study (such as malabsorption syndromes, poorly controlled psychiatric disease or coronary artery disease).
  • •Known active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) or history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
  • •Malignancy diagnosed within 3 years (other than malignancy for which transplant was performed), with the exception of:
  • •Completely resected basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
  • •Carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • •Resected breast ductal carcinoma in situ
  • •Prostate cancer with Gleason score <6 and stable PSA over 12 months
  • •QTc(F) > 480 ms
  • •Sponsor-investigator deems subject unlikely to adhere to study procedures/treatment.
  • •Investigational agent, device, or procedure within 28 days of first dose (or 5 half-lives, whichever longer).
  • •Active TB or a history of incompletely treated TB regardless of screening Quantiferon Result.

Arms & Interventions

Dose Level 1: Sarilumab 150 mg + Belumosudil

Experimental

Participants receive Belumosudil 200 mg orally once daily and sarilumab 150 mg subcutaneously every 2 weeks.

Intervention: Sarilumab (Drug)

Dose Level 2: Sarilumab 200 mg + Belumosudil

Experimental

Participants receive Belumosudil 200 mg orally once daily and sarilumab 200 mg subcutaneously every 2 weeks.

Intervention: Belumosudil (Drug)

Dose Level 2: Sarilumab 200 mg + Belumosudil

Experimental

Participants receive Belumosudil 200 mg orally once daily and sarilumab 200 mg subcutaneously every 2 weeks.

Intervention: Sarilumab (Drug)

Dose Level 1: Sarilumab 150 mg + Belumosudil

Experimental

Participants receive Belumosudil 200 mg orally once daily and sarilumab 150 mg subcutaneously every 2 weeks.

Intervention: Belumosudil (Drug)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events

Time Frame: From first dose through 6 months after treatment initiation

To evaluate the safety and tolerability of sarilumab monotherapy for the treatment of cGVHD after inadequate response to Belumosudil.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Sarilumab(Baseline through 6 months)
  • Time to Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of Sarilumab(Baseline through 6 months)
  • Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Sarilumab(Baseline through 6 months)
  • Incidence of serious infections(From first dose through 6 months)
  • Overall response rate(Up to 6 months)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

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