Propensity score matching analysis comparing the efficacy of Ruxolitinib to historical controls in second-line or beyond treatment for chronic GvHD after steroid failure.

Established first-line therapy for chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) comprises corticosteroids with/without calcineurin inhibitors, but about half of cGvHD patients are refractory to corticosteroid therapy. The present study retrospectively analyzed treatment outcomes in 426 patients and undertook a propensity-score matching (PSM) analysis between ruxolitinib (RUX) treated group and a historical group of cGvHD patients treated with best available treatment (BAT). PSM process adjusted unbalanced risk factors between the 2 groups, including GvHD severity, HCT-CI score, and treatment line, extracting 88 patients (44 in BAT/RUX groups each) for final analysis.

A Multicenter, Retrospective Study Evaluating Clinical Outcomes of Ruxolitinib Therapy In Heavily Pretreated Chronic GVHD Patients With Steroid Failure.

Although ruxolitinib is emerging as the treatment of choice for steroid-refractory or -dependent chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) based on randomized control trial data, there is relatively little real-world data published on ruxolitinib for this indication. We wanted to evaluate the real-world efficacy and safety of ruxolitinib in cGVHD patients who have failed any previous systemic therapy for cGVHD. We retrospectively evaluated the efficacy of ruxolitinib in 115 heavily pretreated patients with steroid-refractory or -dependent chronic GVHD across 5 transplantation centers.