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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-19
pubmed:abstractText
The standard initial therapy for acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is corticosteroids. Daclizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody against the interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptor expressed on activated T lymphocytes. Because of daclizumab's favorable toxicity profile and response rate in steroid-resistant GVHD, a multicenter, double-blinded, randomized study of corticosteroids with or without daclizumab for initial treatment of acute GVHD was conducted. A total of 102 evaluable subjects of the targeted 166 were enrolled at 5 participating sites. Methylprednisolone at a dose of 2 mg/kg or daily equivalent was given in conjunction with daclizumab 1 mg/kg or placebo on study days 1, 4, 8, and weekly as long as clinically indicated. The groups were balanced for clinical characteristics. GVHD response rates by study day 42 were similar (53% vs 51%; P =.85). The study was halted after a planned interim analysis showed a significantly worse 100-day survival in the group receiving corticosteroids plus daclizumab (77% vs 94%; P =.02). Overall survival at 1 year was also inferior in the combination arm (29% vs 60%; P =.002). Both relapse- and GVHD-related mortality contributed to the increased mortality in the combination group. The combination of corticosteroids and daclizumab should not be used as initial therapy of acute GVHD.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1559-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Adrenal Cortex Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Cause of Death, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Receptors, Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:15138163-Survival Analysis
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of up-front daclizumab when combined with steroids for the treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease: results of a randomized trial.
pubmed:affiliation
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA. stephanie_lee@dfci.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study