Bürgler, David and Medinger, Michael and Passweg, Jakob and Fischmann, Arne and Bucher, Christoph. (2014) Intra-arterial catheter guided steroid administration for the treatment of steroid-refractory intestinal GvHD. Leukemia Research, 38 (2). pp. 184-187.
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Abstract
Acute gastrointestinal GvHD (GI-aGvHD) refractory to first-line treatment with systemic corticosteroids is resulting in death in the majority of patients. We prospectively assessed the feasibility and efficacy of regional intra-arterial steroid treatment in adult patients with severe (≥ grade III) GI-aGvHD not responding to first-line treatment.; Patients with more than +++ GI-aGvHD not responding to intravenous methylprednisolone at a dose of 2mg/kg/day were eligible for inclusion. Catheter guided intra-arterial steroid administration (IASA) was performed into the superior and inferior mesenteric artery.; 12 consecutive patients with steroid-refractory grade III GI-aGvHD received IASA as second-line treatment. 83% of patients had gastrointestinal response including four patients (33%) with complete response at 28 days after IASA. 5/12 patients were alive at a median time of 531 days.; Regional treatment of severe GVHD with IASA treatment seems to be a safe and effective second-line treatment for steroid-refractory GI-aGvHD in adult patients.
Faculties and Departments: | 03 Faculty of Medicine |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Medinger, Michael |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0145-2126 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2017 08:51 |
Deposited On: | 04 Oct 2017 08:51 |
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