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Trial reportBiology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation2019

Comparative Analysis of Calcineurin Inhibitor-Based Methotrexate and Mycophenolate Mofetil-Containing Regimens for Prevention of Graft-versus-Host Disease after Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Allogeneic Transplantation.

Saurabh Chhabra, Ying Liu, Michael T Hemmer, Luciano Costa, Joseph A Pidala, Daniel R Couriel, Amin M Alousi, Navneet S Majhail, Robert K Stuart, Dennis Kim and 36 more

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Trial report in Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Ixazomib for Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2020
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  9. Graft-Versus-Host Disease Mouse Models: A Clinical-Translational Perspective.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  10. Optimal GVHD Prophylaxis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

46 authors at 20 institutions in 10 countries.

Saurabh ChhabraDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Electronic address: schhabra@mcw.edu.
Ying LiuCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Institute for Health and Society, Department of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Michael T HemmerCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Luciano CostaDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Joseph A PidalaDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida.
Daniel R CourielDivision of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Utah Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Amin M AlousiDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Navneet S MajhailBlood & Marrow Transplant Program, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio.
Robert K StuartDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
Dennis KimDepartment of Medical Oncology & Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Canada.
Olle RingdenDivision of Therapeutic Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Alvaro Urbano-IspizuaDepartment of Hematology, IDIBAPS, Institute of Research Josep Carreras, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Ayman SaadDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Bipin N SavaniDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Brenda CooperDepartment of Medicine-Hematology and Oncology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
David I MarksAdult Bone Marrow Transplant, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Gerard SocieDepartment of Hematology, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France.
Harry C SchoutenDepartment of Hematology, Academische Ziekenhuis, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Helene SchoemansDepartment of Hematology, 26-Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Hisham Abdel-AzimDivision of Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
Jean YaredBlood & Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jean-Yves CahnDepartment of Hematology, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
John WagnerDepartment of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Joseph H AntinDivision of Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Leo F VerdonckDepartmentt of Hematology/Oncology, Isala Clinic, Zwolle, the Netherlands.
Leslie LehmannDivision of Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mahmoud D AljurfDepartment of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center & Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Margaret L MacMillanUniversity of Minnesota Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mark R LitzowDivision of Hematology and Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota.
Melhem M SolhBlood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
Muna QayedDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Peiman HemattiDivision of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin.
Rammurti T KambleDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Ravi VijDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Robert J HayashiDivision of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Robert P GaleHematology Research Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Rodrigo MartinoDivison of Clinical Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Sachiko SeoDepartment of Hematology & Oncology, National Cancer Research Center East, Chiba, Japan.
Shahrukh K HashmiDepartment of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center & Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Division of Hematology and Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota.
Taiga NishihoriDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida.
Takanori TeshimaDepartment of Hematology Kyushu University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Usama GergisHematolgic Malignancies & Bone Marrow Transplant, Department of Medical Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York.
Yoshihiro InamotoHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Stephen R SpellmanCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mukta AroraDivision of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Electronic address: arora005@umn.edu.
Betty K HamiltonBlood & Marrow Transplant Program, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio.
Medical College of Wisconsin · USCleveland Clinic · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USMayo Clinic · USMoffitt Cancer Center · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USWashington University in St. Louis · USBaylor College of Medicine · USCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble · FREmory University · USHôpital Saint-Louis · FRHospital de Sant Pau · ESImperial College London · GBIsala · NLJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute · ESKarolinska Institutet · SEKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAKU Leuven · BEKyushu University Hospital · JPMedical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

Data Resource for Analyzing Blood &Marrow TransplantsU24CA076518 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Amy M Moskop, Bronwen Shaw · 1998 to 2026
$105.2M
Women's CancerP30CA077598 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Douglas Yee · 1998 to 2026
$100.4M
Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR002381 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HENRY M BLUMBERG, Anandi Nayan Sheth · 2017 to 2026
$14.1M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002381NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NCI NIH HHS P30 CA077598NCI NIH HHS U24 CA076518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combination of a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) such as tacrolimus (TAC) or cyclosporine (CYSP) with methotrexate (MTX) or with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) has been commonly used for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis after reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT), but there are limited data comparing efficacy of the 2 regimens. We evaluated 1564 adult patients who underwent RIC alloHCT for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) from 2000 to 2013 using HLA-identical sibling (matched related donor [MRD]) or unrelated donor (URD) peripheral blood graft and received CYSP or TAC with MTX or MMF for GVHD prophylaxis. Primary outcomes of the study were acute and chronic GVHD and overall survival (OS). The study divided the patient population into 4 cohorts based on regimen: MMF-TAC, MMF-CYSP, MTX-TAC, and MTX-CYSP. In the URD group, MMF-CYSP was associated with increased risk of grade II to IV acute GVHD (relative risk [RR], 1.78; P < .001) and grade III to IV acute GVHD (RR, 1.93; P = .006) compared with MTX-TAC. In the URD group, use of MMF-TAC (versus MTX-TAC) lead to higher nonrelapse mortality. (hazard ratio, 1.48; P = .008). In either group, no there was no difference in chronic GVHD, disease-free survival, and OS among the GVHD prophylaxis regimens. For RIC alloHCT using MRD, there are no differences in outcomes based on GVHD prophylaxis. However, with URD RIC alloHCT, MMF-CYSP was inferior to MTX-based regimens for acute GVHD prevention, but all the regimens were equivalent in terms of chronic GVHD and OS. Prospective studies, targeting URD recipients are needed to confirm these results.

Indexed as

Graft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationLeukemiaMyelodysplastic SyndromesTransplantation ConditioningAdultAgedAllograftsCalcineurin InhibitorsDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansMaleMethotrexateMiddle AgedMycophenolic AcidCalcineurin InhibitorsMethotrexateMycophenolic AcidTacrolimusAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantationCalcineurin inhibitor TacrolimusCyclosporineGraft-versus-host disease prophylaxisMethotrexateMycophenolate mofetilReduced-intensity conditioning

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PMID30153491
PMCPMC6355336
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