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ReviewBlood2024

Chronic graft-versus-host disease: unresolved complication or ancient history?

Joseph A Pidala, Ted A Gooley, Leo Luznik, Bruce R Blazar

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Review in Blood, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Chronic graft-versus-host disease.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026
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  7. Decoding TNF receptor superfamily control of CD4Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joseph A PidalaDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL.
Ted A GooleyClinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Leo LuznikSection of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Bruce R BlazarDivision of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.ORCID 0000-0002-9608-9841

Funding

Trial Design and Biostatistical Support CoreP01CA065493 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Mark J Osborn · 1995 to 2026
$48.2M
Transgenic/KnockoutP01AI056299 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 2003 to 2023
$42.5M
TUMOR VACCINESP01CA015396 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HESS, ALLAN D · 1985 to 2016
$38.1M
Single Cell Analysis and ImmunogeneticsP01HL158505 · NHLBI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Corey S Cutler · 2022 to 2026
$15.3M
In Vivo Prevention of Murine GVHDR37AI034495 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Bruce R Blazar · 2017 to 2026
$5.4M
Exploiting the VISTA Pathway to Prevent Acute GVHD and Control Steroid Refractory DiseaseR01HL155114 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R, NOELLE, RANDOLPH J. · 2021 to 2024
$2.7M
Investigating bacterial-host interactions driving CF Pulmonary ExacerbationsR01HL110879 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BRUCE, JAMES EDWARD, SINGH, PRADEEP K · 2011 to 2014
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA015396NCI NIH HHS P01 CA065493NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL158505NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL110879NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL155114NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI056299NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI034495
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractChronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is associated with morbidity, mortality, impaired quality of life, prolonged immunosuppressive therapy, and infection risk after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Major strides have occurred in the understanding of cGVHD biology; National Institutes of Health Consensus meetings have refined rigorous approaches to diagnosis, staging, and response criteria; major interventional trials have established standard benchmarks for treatment outcome; and 3 agents to date have been US Food and Drug Administration approved for treating corticosteroid-refractory cGVHD. Promising results from several recent trials have led some, but not others, to conclude that the risk of developing cGVHD is sufficiently low to be considered a major post-HCT complication of the past. We propose that it is time to critically examine the results of contemporary graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis regimens and discuss the state of the science and associated controversies in the spectrum of conclusions reached as to the risk of cGVHD. With these data, the current cGVHD incidence can be most precisely determined, and the present and future burden of cGVHD-affected patients can be accurately modeled. Through review of existing evidence, we highlight unresolved needs and opportunities to refine best GVHD prophylaxis or preemptive therapy approaches and optimize established cGVHD therapy, and make the argument that support of preclinical and clinical research is critical in improving patient outcomes.

Indexed as

Graft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationChronic DiseaseHumansTransplantation, Homologous

Identifiers

PMID39008818
PMCPMC11451335

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