Trial reportBlood2021
Belumosudil for chronic graft-versus-host disease after 2 or more prior lines of therapy: the ROCKstar Study.
Trial report in Blood, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 197 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Phase 2, Randomized, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of KD025 in Subjects With Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGVHD) After At Least 2 Prior Lines of Systemic Therapy (The ROCKstar Study)
Phase II Trial of Belumosudil and Rituximab for the Primary Treatment of Extensive Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease
Who cites it
197 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 304 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evolving Paradigms in Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease: From Global Immunosuppression to Precision Targeted and Cell-Based Therapies.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2026Pooled it
- Toward Better Response Assessment of Cutaneous Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease: A Report from the National Institutes of Health Consensus Project Task Force.Transplantation and cellular therapy · 2026Guideline
- Taiwan consensus on pulmonary chronic graft-versus-host disease: A joint statement from the Taiwan Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (TBMT) and Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (TSPCCM).British journal of haematology · 2025Guideline
- Cell Therapy Transplant Canada (CTTC) Consensus-Based Guideline 2024 for Management and Treatment of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Future Directions for Development.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Guideline
- Randomized Trial of Two Fractionation Schedules of Myeloablative Busulfan with Fludarabine and Cladribine in Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndromes.Transplantation and cellular therapy · 2026Trial
- Baricitinib for refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease: results of a phase 1/2 study.Blood advances · 2026Trial
- Novel highly selective ROCK2 inhibitor (TDI01) for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease: a multicenter, open-label phase Ib/II study.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Trial
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- Belumosudil reduces oral chronic graft-versus-host disease tissue inflammation and fibrosis: a ROCKstar companion study.Blood advances · 2025Trial
- Belumosudil in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: a randomized, double-blind, open-label extension, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2025Trial
- Belumosudil for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Analysis of Long-Term Results from the KD025-208 and ROCKstar Studies.Transplantation and cellular therapy · 2025Trial
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- Repeated Infusions of Bone-Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells over 8 Weeks for Steroid-Refractory Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: A Prospective, Phase I/II Clinical Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Trial
- A phase II study of belumosudil for chronic graft-versus-host disease in patients who failed at least one line of systemic therapy in China.BMC medicine · 2024Trial
- Axatilimab for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Failure of at Least Two Prior Systemic Therapies: Results of a Phase I/II Study.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2023Trial
- The day 100 score predicts moderate to severe cGVHD, transplant mortality, and survival after hematopoietic cell transplantation.Blood advances · 2022Trial
- Results of Multicenter Phase II Study With Imatinib Mesylate in Allogeneic Recipients With Steroid-Refractory Chronic GVHD.Cell transplantationTrial
- Chronic graft-versus-host disease after PTCy-based prophylaxis vs non-PTCy prophylaxis.Blood advances · 2026Article
- Inhibition of ROCK2 via KD025/Belumosudil Alleviates Hypertensive End-Organ Damage.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2026Article
- Efficacy and safety of the ROCK2-inhibitor belumosudil for chronic GVHD: results from a multicenter retrospective analysis of a large German-Austrian cohort of the belumosudil MAP.Bone marrow transplantation · 2026Article
137 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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39 authors at 20 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Belumosudil, an investigational oral selective inhibitor of Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase 2 (ROCK2), reduces type 17 and follicular T helper cells via downregulation of STAT3 and enhances regulatory T cells via upregulation of STAT5. Belumosudil may effectively treat patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), a major cause of morbidity and late nonrelapse mortality after an allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant. This phase 2 randomized multicenter registration study evaluated belumosudil 200 mg daily (n = 66) and 200 mg twice daily (n = 66) in subjects with cGVHD who had received 2 to 5 prior lines of therapy. The primary end point was best overall response rate (ORR). Duration of response (DOR), changes in Lee Symptom Scale score, failure-free survival, corticosteroid dose reductions, and overall survival were also evaluated. Overall median follow-up was 14 months. The best ORR for belumosudil 200 mg daily and 200 mg twice daily was 74% (95% confidence interval [CI], 62-84) and 77% (95% CI, 65-87), respectively, with high response rates observed in all subgroups. All affected organs demonstrated complete responses. The median DOR was 54 weeks; 44% of subjects have remained on therapy for ≥1 year. Symptom reduction with belumosudil 200 mg daily and 200 mg twice daily was reported in 59% and 62% of subjects, respectively. Adverse events (AEs) were consistent with those expected in patients with cGVHD receiving corticosteroids and other immunosuppressants. Sixteen subjects (12%) discontinued belumosudil because of possible drug-related AEs. Belumosudil, a promising therapy for cGVHD, was well tolerated with clinically meaningful responses. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT03640481.
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