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We studied adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after haploidentical (n=192) and 8/8 HLA-matched unrelated donor (n=1982), transplantation. Data were obtained from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research. Haploidentical recipients received calcineurin inhibitor (CNI), mycophenolate and post-transplant cyclophosphamide for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis; 104 patients received myeloablative and 88, reduced intensity conditioning regimens. Matched unrelated donor transplant recipients received CNI with mycophenolate or methotrexate for GVHD prophylaxis; 1245 patients received myeloablative and 737, reduced intensity conditioning regimens. In the myeloablative setting, day-30 neutrophil recovery was lower after haploidentical compared to matched unrelated donor transplants (90% versus 97%, p=0.02). Corresponding rates after reduced intensity conditioning transplants were 93% and 96%, (p=0.25). In the myeloablative setting, 3-month acute grade 2-4 (16% versus 33%, p<0.0001) and 3-year chronic GVHD (30% versus 53%, p<0.0001) were lower after haploidentical compared to matched unrelated donor transplants. Similar differences were observed after reduced intensity conditioning transplants, 19% versus 28%, (p=0.05) and 34% versus 52%, (p=0.002). Among patients receiving myeloablative regimens, 3-year probabilities of overall survival were 45% (95% CI 36-54) and 50% (95% CI 47-53) after haploidentical and matched unrelated donor transplants (p=0.38). Corresponding rates after reduced intensity conditioning transplants were 46% (95% CI 35-56) and 44% (95% CI 0.40-47) (p=0.71). Although statistical power is limited, these data suggests that survival for patients with AML after haploidentical transplantation with posttransplant cyclophosphamide is comparable with matched unrelated donor transplantation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corticosteroids are the accepted primary therapy for acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), but durable responses are seen in only about half of the patients. Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (BMT CTN) 0802, a phase 3 multicenter randomized double-blinded trial, was designed to test whether mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) plus corticosteroids was superior to corticosteroids alone as initial therapy for acute GVHD. Patients with newly diagnosed acute GVHD were eligible if they required systemic therapy. Patients were randomized to receive prednisone with either MMF or placebo. The primary end point was acute or chronic GVHD-free survival at day 56 after initiation of therapy. A futility rule for GVHD-free survival at day 56 was met at a planned interim analysis after 235 patients (of 372) were enrolled: 116 MMF, 119 placebo. Baseline characteristics were well balanced between treatment groups including grade and organ distribution of GVHD. GVHD-free survival at day 56, cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD at 12 months, overall survival, Epstein-Barr virus reactivation, severe, life-threatening infections, relapse at 12 months, and quality of life were similar. The addition of MMF to corticosteroids as initial therapy for acute GVHD does not improve GVHD-free survival compared with corticosteroids alone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]