Rapamycin for Prevention of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
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The objective of this study is to evaluate feasibility, toxicity and efficacy of using Rapamycin to prevent chronic graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) during and after the tacrolimus taper in recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplant.
Our hypothesis is that the T cells that can cause chronic GVHD are suppressed but not eliminated by calcineurin inhibitors. Therefore, when the calcineurin inhibitors are discontinued, the T cells may get activated and result in GVHD. Rapamycin on the other hand will allow anergy formation and thus when discontinued, T cells should not get activated. The schedule is designed to have therapeutic rapamycin levels as the tacrolimus is discontinued. Rapamycin will be continued as a single agent for additional 4 weeks and be tapered off in two weeks.
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- Age ≥18 years
- Received an allogeneic MSD or MUD PBSCT
- 24 weeks post SCT
- Currently on Tacrolimus for GVHD prophylaxis
- Deemed eligible for tapering off of Tacrolimus by primary BMT physician
Exclusion criteria
- Relapsed Disease
- Ongoing GVHD
- Patients whose immunosuppression is being stopped early to treat or prevent relapse
- Patients with pure red cell aplasia due to ABO mismatched donor
- Ongoing thrombotic microangiopathy
- Allergy to rapamycin
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test performed prior to the start of treatment
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