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. 2014 Nov 14;125(4):606–615. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-08-551994

Table 6.

Agents used for secondary treatment of chronic GVHD*

Treatment % Overall response* Survival
ECP 65-70 70%-78% at 1 y
Rituximab 66-86 72% at 1 y
Imatinib 22-79 75%-84% at 1.5 y
Pentostatin 53-56 34%-60% at 1-3 y
Mesenchymal stem cells 50-74 78% at 2 y
Mycophenolate mofetil 26-64 67%-96% at 1 y
mTOR inhibitor 76 72% at 3 y
Interleukin-2 52 Not reported
Other therapies summarized in other reviews**
 Calcineurin inhibitor
 High-dose methylprednisolone
 Methotrexate
 Thalidomide
 Hydroxychloroquine
 Clofazimine
 Thoracoabdominal irradiation
 Alefacept
 Infliximab
 Etanercept70

mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin.

*

Simplified from Inamoto and Flowers36; see Flowers et al,35 Wolff et al,63 and Flowers and Deeg64 for other reviews.

**

20%-82% overall response rates reported.