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Edward W. Cowen, MD, MHSc

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I was very interested to read the case report by Moreno-Romero and colleagues¹ in the "Cutting Edge" section of the September issue of the Archives. The authors describe clinical improvement in a patient with sclerodermatous chronic graft-vs-host disease (cGVHD) following treatment with low-dose (100 mg/d) imatinib mesylate (Gleevec in the United States, Glivec in other countries; Novartis International AG, Basel, Switzerland, manufacturer of both). Given the current lack of proven superiority of any single salvage therapy, this drug is generating considerable excitement in the transplantation community for its potential to treat the fibrosing manifestations of cGVHD. Other anecdotal reports^2-3 and a small series⁴ have suggested that imatinib may indeed reduce the morbidity associated with 2 of the most treatment-refractory cGVHD manifestations, skin fibrosis and bronchiolitis obliterans. In an attempt to formally address this possibility, 2 prospective clinical trials of imatinib for cGVHD are currently . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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