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. 2021 Dec 2;138(22):2278–2289. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021012021

Table 1.

Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics

Characteristic Belumosudil, 200 mg daily
(n = 66)
Belumosudil, 200 mg twice daily
(n = 66)
Total
(N = 132)
Age, median (range), y 53 (21-77) 57 (21-77) 56 (21-77)
Males 42 (64) 33 (50) 75 (57)
Indication for transplant
 AML 28 (42) 25 (38) 53 (40)
 ALL 7 (11) 12 (18) 19 (14)
 MDS 8 (12) 5 (8) 13 (10)
 CML 5 (8) 3 (5) 8 (6)
 Myelofibrosis 3 (5) 2 (3) 5 (4)
 CLL 2 (3) 2 (3) 4 (3)
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and DLBCL 3 (5) 4 (7) 7 (5)
 Other 7 (11) 11 (17) 18 (14)
Conditioning intensity
 Myeloablative 41 (62) 42 (64) 83 (63)
 Nonmyeloablative 22 (33) 22 (33) 44 (33)
 Unknown 3 (5) 2 (3) 5 (4)
Stem cell source
 Peripheral blood 57 (86) 63 (96) 120 (91)
 Bone marrow 6 (9) 3 (5) 9 (7)
 Cord blood 0 0 0
 Unknown 3 (5) 0 3 (2)
HLA matching of donor/recipient
 Matched 57 (86) 62 (94) 119 (90)
 Partially matched 8 (12) 3 (5) 11 (8)
 Unknown 0 1 (2) 1 (1)
 Missing 1 (2) 0 1 (1)
CMV-positive serostatus (donor/recipient)
 +/+ 23 (35) 16 (24) 39 (30)
  i) +/− 3 (5) 8 (12) 11 (8)
  ii) −/+ 18 (27) 17 (26) 35 (27)
  iii) −/− 13 (20) 16 (24) 29 (22)
 1 unknown 3 (5) 3 (5) 6 (5)
 Unknown/unknown 5 (8) 6 (9) 11 (8)
 Missing 1 (2) 0 1 (1)
  iv) Time from cGVHD diagnosis to enrollment, median (range), mo 25 (2-162) 30 (4-144) 29 (2-162)
NIH cGVHD severity *
 Severe 46 (70) 43 (65) 89 (67)
 Moderate 18 (27) 23 (35) 41 (31)
 Mild 2 (3) 0 2 (2)
Organ involvement
 No. of organs involved, median (range) 4 (0-7) 4 (2-7) 4 (0-7)
 ≥4 organs involved 33 (50) 35 (53) 68 (52)
 Skin 55 (83) 55 (83) 110 (83)
 Joints/fascia 51 (77) 49 (74) 100 (76)
 Eyes 48 (73) 49 (74) 97 (74)
 Mouth 30 (46) 42 (64) 72 (55)
 Lungs 24 (36) 23 (35) 47 (36)
 Esophagus 19 (29) 12 (18) 31 (24)
 Upper GI 13 (20) 10 (15) 23 (17)
 Lower GI 6 (9) 7 (11) 13 (10)
 Liver 9 (14) 4 (6) 13 (10)
Baseline global severity rating
 0 1 (2) 0 1 (1)
 1 0 0 0
 2 2 (3) 1 (2) 3 (2)
 3 3 (5) 2 (3) 5 (4)
 4 8 (12) 3 (5) 11 (8)
 5 6 (9) 8 (12) 14 (11)
 6 12 (18) 14 (21) 26 (20)
 7 11 (17) 20 (30) 31 (24)
 8 19 (29) 14 (21) 33 (25)
 9 4 (6) 3 (5) 7 (5)
 10 0 1 (2) 1 (1)
Median Karnofsky Performance Status
 60-70 10 (15) 19 (29) 29 (22)
 80-90 52 (79) 43 (65) 95 (72)
 100 4 (6) 4 (6) 8 (6)
Prior therapy characteristics
 Median prior LOTs, n 3 4 3
 2 prior LOTs 23 (35) 14 (21) 37 (28)
 3 prior LOTs 13 (20) 17 (26) 30 (23)
 4 prior LOTs 15 (23) 14 (21) 29 (22)
 5 prior LOTs 14 (21) 19 (29) 33 (25)
 ≥6 prior LOTs 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (2)
 Refractory to prior LOT 44 (79) 35 (65) 79 (72)
Prior systemic cGVHD therapy type
 CS (prednisone) 65 (99) 65 (99) 130 (99)
 Tacrolimus 40 (61) 42 (64) 82 (62)
 ECP 31 (47) 32 (49) 63 (48)
 Sirolimus 29 (44) 33 (50) 62 (47)
 Ibrutinib 22 (33) 23 (35) 45 (34)
 Ruxolitinib 20 (30) 18 (27) 38 (29)
 MMF 18 (27) 15 (23) 33 (25)
 Rituximab 15 (23) 13 (20) 28 (21)
 MTX 3 (5) 3 (5) 6 (5)
 Cyclosporine 4 (6) 1 (2) 5 (4)
 Imatinib 3 (5) 1 (2) 4 (3)
 Ixazomib 0 1 (2) 1 (1)
 Ofatumumab 0 1 (2) 1 (1)
Concomitant systemic cGVHD therapy type
 CS 65 (99) 66 (100) 131 (99)
 CNI 24 (36) 25 (38) 49 (37)
 ECP 17 (26) 22 (33) 39 (30)
 Sirolimus 17 (26) 18 (27) 35 (27)
 MMF 11 (17) 2 (3) 13 (10)
 Imatinib 1 (2) 1 (2) 2 (2)
 Rituximab 1 (2) 0 1 (1)
 Ruxolitinib 1 (2) 0 1 (1)
 Other systemic cGVHD therapies 9 (14) 13 (20) 22 (17)
Prednisone-equivalent dose at enrollment, median (range), mg/kg/d 0.20 (0.03-0.95) 0.20 (0.03-1.07) 0.20 (0.03-1.07)

Unless otherwise noted, data are n (%). Percentages may not add to 100% because of rounding.

ALL, acute lymphocytic leukemia; AML, acute myelogenous leukemia; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CML, chronic myelogenous leukemia; CMV, cytomegalovirus; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; GI, gastrointestinal; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; MTX, methotrexate.

*

Disease severity was determined using NIH Global Severity of cGVHD scoring.

Classified as concomitant systemic cGVHD medications on cycle 1 day 1.