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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to test whether the combination of the drugs called tacrolimus (Tac), methotrexate (MTX) and new dosing strategy of another drug called (rabbit Anti-thymocyte Globulin [ATG]) will help prevent the development and/or improve severity of acute and/or chronic GVHD.
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), a process in which hematopoietic stem cells from a donor are injected into the recipient's body, are the treatment of choice for many hematologic malignancies. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common and important complication after allogeneic HSCT. GVHD is a major obstacle to the success of HSCT treatment and a leading cause of death after HSCT treatment. Hormone therapy is currently the standard treatment for aGVHD, i.e., the first-line treatment. However, 40%~50% of aGVHD cannot be controlled by hormone therapy, and additional therapeutic intervention is required. According to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) clinical practice guidelines for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - pre-transplant recipient evaluation and management of GVHD (2021.V3), the recommended drugs for second-line treatment of grade II~IV aGVHD include: alemtuzumab, α-1 antitrypsin, antithymocyte globulin, basiliximab, calcineurin inhibitors, etanercept, extracorporeal photopheresis replacement therapy, infliximab, mammalian rapamycin target protein inhibitors, mycophenolate mofetil, Pentostatin, ruxolitinib, tocilizumab. Second-line treatment is based on retrospective data and there is no standard salvage therapy, which is reflected in the inconsistent treatment strategy for aGVHD across transplant centers. One of the biological functions of hAESCs in amniotic membranes in vivo is to exert reproductive immunomodulatory effects and protect the fetus from rejection by the maternal immune system, so hAESCs have natural immunomodulatory functions. hAESCs have significant inhibitory effects on T cells, antigen-presenting cells (APCs), natural killer (NK) cells, macrophages, neutrophils, B cells and other immune cells associated with organ damage during the pathogenesis of aGVHD, and hAESCs have great potential in the treatment of aGVHD. Therefore, the sponsor developed hAESCs injections intended for the treatment of aGVHD. The experimental drug in this study is hAESCs injection, which is intended to be used for the treatment of adult patients with grade III.~IV. refractory aGVHD after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and to explore the safety and preliminary efficacy of its treatment.
Despite progress in chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is still the only curative procedure for some hematological malignancies. The probability of finding a matched sibling donor (MSD) is estimated under the classical 30%, because of the age of patients and their relatives, and a matched unrelated donor (MUD) can take time to identify. Currently in France, 25% of the allo-SCT are performed with an haplo-identical related donor. The Baltimore group developed an approach using haploidentical related donors, RIC, T-replete bone marrow and post-transplant high dose cyclophosphamide (PTCy) in patients with advanced hematological malignancies. PTCy has shown to eradicate alloreactive donor and host T-cells, activated by respective antigens, thereby reducing the incidence of graft versus host disease (GvHD) but delaying hematopoietic recovery. Therefore, the main source of graft is peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) mobilized by G-CSF in France. Unfortunately, with PBSC we observe a higher cumulative incidence of GvHD (around 50%) and a higher toxicity-related mortality (TRM), especially for recipients >50 years old. The co-transplantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) at the time of transplantation has previously shown a double interest in GvHD immunomodulation and hematopoiesis support. Pre-clinical studies (in mice) have shown that mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) from Wharton's Jelly reduce the incidence of GvHD when the infusions are weekly repeated. We propose a phase I clinical trial to find the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of a weekly infusion of WJ-MSC administered as GvHD prophylaxis and as a support for a faster hematological reconstitution after haplo-identical allo-SCT.