Treatment of severe veno-occlusive disease with defibrotide: compassionate use results in response without significant toxicity in a high-risk population.
Treatment of severe veno-occlusive disease with defibrotide: compassionate use results in response without significant toxicity in a high-risk population.
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10.1182/blood.v92.3.737
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1998-08
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20.3
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P. Richardson;A. Elias;A. Krishnan;C. Wheeler;R. Nath;D. Hoppensteadt;Nancy M. Kinchla;D. Neuberg;E. Waller;J. Antin;R. Soiffer;J. Vredenburgh;M. Lill;A. Woolfrey;S. Bearman;M. Iacobelli;J. Fareed;E. Guinan
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P. Richardson;A. Elias;A. Krishnan;C. Wheeler;R. Nath;D. Hoppensteadt;Nancy M. Kinchla;D. Neuberg;E. Waller;J. Antin;R. Soiffer;J. Vredenburgh;M. Lill;A. Woolfrey;S. Bearman;M. Iacobelli;J. Fareed;E. Guinan
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is the most common of the regimen-related toxicities accompanying stem cell transplantation (SCT). Despite aggressive therapies, including the combination of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and heparin, severe VOD is almost uniformly fatal. Defibrotide (DF) is a polydeoxyribonucleotide with activity in several vascular disorders and, unlike t-PA and heparin, produces no systemic anticoagulant effects. Nineteen patients who developed severe VOD after SCT were treated with DF on a compassionate-use basis. Patients had clinically established VOD and met risk criteria predicting progression and fatality. At the initiation of DF, all 19 patients had evidence of multiorgan dysfunction; median bilirubin was 22.3 mg/dL, 12 patients had renal insufficiency (5 dialysis dependent), 14 required oxygen supplementation, and encephalopathy was present in 8 patients. Beginning a median of 6 days after diagnosis of VOD, DF was administered intravenously in doses ranging from 5 to 60 mg/kg/d for a planned minimum course of 14 days. In no case was DF discontinued for attributable toxicity. No severe hemorrhage related to DF administration was observed. Resolution of VOD (bilirubin <2 mg/dL with improvement in other symptoms and signs) was seen in 8 patients (42%). Six of 8 responders survived past day +100, contrasted with the 2% predicted survival reported in comparable patients. The observed response rate, survival to day +100, and absence of significant DF treatment-associated toxicity are compelling and warrant further evaluation.