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Improved Survival After Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease Diagnosis In The Modern Era, H Khoury, T Wang, Michael T. Hemmer, D Couriel, A Alousi, Mitchell Cairo, J Pidala

NYMC Faculty Publications

Acute graft-versus-host disease remains a major threat to a successful outcome after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. While improvements in treatment and supportive care have occurred, it is unknown whether these advances have resulted in improved outcome specifically among those diagnosed with acute graft-versus-host disease. We examined outcome following diagnosis of grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease according to time period, and explored effects according to original graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis regimen and maximum overall grade of acute graft-versus-host disease. Between 1999 and 2012, 2,905 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (56%), acute lymphoblastic …