Itacitinib for Low Risk GVHD



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Hematology
Therapuetic Areas:Hematology
Healthy:No
Age Range:12 - 75
Updated:3/28/2019
Start Date:March 25, 2019
End Date:December 31, 2020
Contact:Artur Shchukin
Email:artur.shchukin@mssm.edu
Phone:212-241-6021

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Itacitinib Monotherapy for Low Risk Graft-vs-Host Disease

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is treated with high doses of systemic steroids which can
lead to serious complications. A new blood test can identify patients whose GVHD is most
likely to respond to well to treatment (low risk GVHD). This study will test whether patients
with low risk GVHD can be successfully treated without steroids. Patients who participate
with this study will be treated with itacitinib instead of steroids. Itacitinib is an
experimental drug with an excellent safety record and appears to have activity as a GVHD
treatment.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Newly diagnosed GVHD that meets criteria for Minnesota standard risk

- Ann Arbor 1 GVHD by biomarkers

- GVHD not previously treated systemically (topical therapies and non-absorbed steroids
are allowed)

- Any donor type, HLA-match, conditioning regimen is acceptable

- Age 12 - 75 years (children <18 years must also weigh 50 kg or more)

- Patients must be engrafted post-transplant (ANC >500/μL and platelet count >20,000).
Use of growth factor supplementation to maintain neutrophil count is allowed.

- Direct bilirubin must be <2 mg/dL unless the elevation is known to be due to Gilbert
syndrome within 3 days prior to enrollment.

- ALT/SGPT and AST/SGOT must be <5x the upper limit of the normal range within 3 days
prior to enrollment.

- Signed and dated written informed consent obtained from patient or legal
representative.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients currently being treated with any JAK inhibitor including ruxolitinib

- Relapsed, progressing, or persistent malignancy requiring withdrawal of systemic
immune suppression

- Patients with uncontrolled infection (i.e., progressive symptoms related to infection
despite treatment or persistently positive microbiological cultures despite treatment
or any other evidence of severe sepsis)

- Severe organ dysfunction including requirement for dialysis, mechanical ventilation or
oxygen supplementation exceeding 40% FiO2 within 7 days of enrollment.

- Creatinine clearance or estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 ml/min as calculated
by institutional practice (e.g., Cockcroft-Gault equation, CKD-EPI equation, etc)

- A clinical presentation resembling de novo chronic GVHD or overlap syndrome developing
before or present at the time of enrollment

- Patients receiving corticosteroids >10 mg/day prednisone (or other steroid equivalent)
for any indication within 7 days before the onset of acute GVHD except for adrenal
insufficiency or premedication for transfusions/IV meds

- Patients who are pregnant

- Patients receiving investigational agents within 30 days of enrollment. However, the
Principal Investigator (PI) may approve prior use of an investigational agent if the
agent is not expected to interfere with the safety or the efficacy of itacitinib

- History of allergic reaction to itacitinib or any JAK inhibitor
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New York, New York 10029
Principal Investigator: John Levine, MD, MS
Phone: 212-241-6021
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