Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for treatment of acute and chronic GVHD in childhood

Transfusion
Laura SalvaneschiF Locatelli

Abstract

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (EPC) has recently been proposed for the treatment of adults with either acute or chronic GVHD. However, data on children given this therapy are scarce. A Phase I-II study was carried out on EPC in children experiencing GVHD after allogeneic transplantation of HPCs. Nine patients with steroid-resistant, grade II-IV acute GVHD and 14 with chronic GVHD, all of whom had been refractory to at least one line of treatment, were enrolled in this study and analyzed. The median age was 10.3 years (range, 5.4-18.1), and the median body weight was 35 kg (range, 17-89). Seven of the nine patients with acute GVHD showed a response to EPC, whereas the disease progressed in the remaining two children (both with skin, gastrointestinal, and liver GVHD), and they died of grade IV acute GVHD. Among the seven children who responded to EPC, it was possible to completely discontinue immunosuppressive treatment in three. In the 14 children with chronic GVHD, 4 and 5 patients experienced complete and partial response to EPC, respectively, whereas the remaining 5 patients, all with extensive chronic GVHD, had stable disease or disease that progressed during EPC. Among these latter 5 patients, 3 died. In 6 of the 9 patie...Continue Reading

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