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Filter by:A Phase I Trial of Donor Regulatory T-cells for Steroid-Refractory Chronic Graft-versus-Host-Disease in patients who do not obtain complete remission with ruxolitinib
This research study will help us learn more about how chronic graft-versus-host disease affects the skin, hair and nails. We are interested in knowing if hair and nail problems predict worse disease. This information may help us treat patients like you in the future.
The CD52 antigen, which is targeted by alemtuzumab, is highly expressed on mature T lymphocytes, monocytes and monocyte-derived dendritic cells as well as on mature B cells. Due to its more promiscuous effect on immune cells, alemtuzumab not only targets antibody producing B lymphocytes as does rituximab, but also targets alloreactive T lymphocytes and dendritic cells that also contribute to the complex pathogenesis of chronic GVHD. Our hypothesis is that alemtuzumab will be effective in the treatment of chronic GVHD through its promiscuous depletion of alloreactive T lymphocytes, dendritic cells as well as antibody producing mature B-lymphocytes.