Current and New Treatment Options for cGVHD

Marrow Masters

Jul 30, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 2

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Episode description

• Medications/options and steroids
• First treatment: steroids and its side effects- muscle weakness, diabetes, etc.
• What is on the horizon: treatment options explained
• Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), a cutting-edge, nonsurgical procedure to treat graft-versus-host disease explained. Click here for more on ECP (Photophersis)
• Various drugs discussed and their relationship to steroid use
• Clinical Trials discussed: Important and used as upfront therapy: Click here for more re: Jason Carter Clinical Trials
• Research as it relates to better treatments through clinical trials
• Great information on a NIH free clinic on cGVHD. Click here for the link.

National Bone Marrow Transplant Link - (800) LINK-BMT, or (800) 546-5268.

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