Abatacept for prophylaxis of acute graft-vs-host disease

Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved abatacept, a selective T-cell costimulation modulator, for prophylaxis of acute GvHD in combination with a calcineurin inhibitor, such as cyclosporine or tacrolimus, and methotrexate in adult and pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

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Abatacept for prophylaxis of acute graft-vs-host disease

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Graft-vs.-Host Disease Resource Center

Abatacept for prophylaxis of acute graft-vs-host disease

Targeted Oncology

Acute GVHD responds quickly to itolizumab treatment in phase 1b trial

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Prophylactic donor lymphocyte infusion after haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation and post-transplant cyclophosphamide for treatment of high-risk myeloid neoplasms in children: A retrospective study

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Acute GVHD classification based on the dynamics of GVHD skin involvement from its appearance to the start of systemic treatment

Regulatory Focus

FDA guidance explores trial design, supporting data for GVHD treatments

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Healthcare resource utilization and costs of steroid-associated complications in patients with graft-versus-host disease

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Naive T-cell depletion to prevent chronic graft-versus-host disease

Blood

A phase 1 study of donor regulatory T-cell infusion plus low-dose interleukin-2 for steroid-refractory chronic graft-vs-host disease

The ASCO Post

Abatacept for prophylaxis of acute graft-vs-host disease

Translation and Cellular Therapy

A phase I trial of SYK inhibition with fostamatinib in the prevention and treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease

Blood

Prevention of acute GVHD disease using an orthogonal IL-2/IL-2Rβ system to selectively expand regulatory T-cells in vivo

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