Description Module

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NCT ID: NCT03371667
Brief Summary: Phase III randomized double-blinded trial designed to compare the efficacy of the addition of MTX to current standard acute GVHD first-line treatment with corticosteroids. The protocol will use a novel endpoint for benchmarking interventions based on a composite primary endpoint of GVHD-free and corticosteroids-free survival. The primary endpoint of the trial will be the assessment of a composite endpoint of graft-versus-host disease-free and corticosteroids-free survival at 12 months after randomization
Detailed Description: This is a phase III randomized, multicenter, double blinded controlled study. Patients who develop clinically meaningful acute GVHD and who meet all other entry criteria will be randomized 1:1 to receive either corticosteroids and placebo ("standard of care", control arm) or the combination of low-dose MTX with corticosteroids as first-line therapy for acute GVHD (MTX; "experimental arm"). The primary analysis of this hypothesis generation study is to estimate the composite endpoint of GVHD-free and corticosteroids-free survival at 12 months after randomization in both treatment arms. In fact, it is more and more established that such composite endpoint is a clinically very relevant one because it represents ideal recovery from allo-SCT (Stem Cell transplantation) (at 1 year after acute GVHD diagnosis) and a measure of cure without ongoing morbidity.
Study: NCT03371667
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT03371667