Clinical trial · Interventional
Lithium Carbonate in Treating Patients With Acute Intestinal Graft-Versus-Host-Disease (GVHD) After Donor Stem Cell Transplant
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Potential Efficacy of Lithium Carbonate for Stimulation of Intestinal Recovery In Patients With Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)
NCT00408681CI-TRIAL-00026332GVHDcompletedN/AResults postedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Lithium carbonate may be an effective treatment for intestinal graft-versus-host disease caused by a donor stem cell transplant. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying lithium carbonate in treating patients with acute intestinal graft-versus-host-disease after donor stem cell transplant.
Conditions
Conditions (114)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia | Accelerated Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission | Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission | Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22) | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(15;17)(q22;q12) | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22) | Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia with t(16;16)(p13.1;q22); CBFB-MYH11 | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22) | Acute Myeloid Leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22.1); RUNX1-RUNX1T1 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| laboratory biomarker analysis | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| lithium carbonate | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm I
- description
- Patients receive oral lithium carbonate once or twice daily. Treatment continues for up to 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
- interventionNames
- Drug: lithium carbonate
- Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Functional Recovery
- timeFrame
- at 28 days after starting treatment with the study product
- description
- Functional recovery was defined as partial or complete resolution of gastrointestinal manifestations of acute graft-versus-host disease. Gastrointestinal manifestations of acute graft-versus-host disease include anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and bleeding. Complete response (CR) of intestinal GVHD was defined as the absence of any symptoms referable to intestinal GVHD. Partial response (PR) was defined as clearing of abdominal pain (or withdrawal of opioid analgesic requirements in patients treated for abdominal pain) and of grossly visible bleeding if present, and resolution of diarrhea or decrease in the three day average stool volume by ≥ 500 mL in patients with stool volumes of ≥ 500 mL. Progression of GVHD was defined as an increase in the three day average stool volume by \> 500 mL, or the development of new abdominal pain (or new opioid analgesic requirements) or new intestinal bleeding.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient with a diagnosis of severe intestinal GVHD that is not improving at any time after initial treatment with glucocorticoids for at least 7 days are eligible for enrollment; measures indicating severity of GVHD will include: a) persistent diarrhea with average daily stool volumes \> 500 mL per day; or b) persistent hemorrhage that is detectable by visual inspection of the stool * Patients with denuded mucosa caused by GVHD are eligible for enrollment, regardless of prior treatment for acute GVHD; denuded mucosa is defined as loss (i.e., erosion or sloughing) of the epithelium in: a) at least one-third of the surface area in a 30 cm colonic segment (i.e., rectosigmoid, descending or transverse colon); or b) at least one fifth of the surface area of the second portion of the duodenum, as estimated by endoscopic evaluation; denuded mucosa must be documented by images of the duodenum and colon and by histologic evaluation of the colon * All subjects must provide written informed consent with the use of forms approved by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) Institutional Review Board (IRB) Exclusion Criteria: * Significant renal dysfunction (estimated creatinine clearance \< 30 mL/min) * Persistent or recurrent malignancy * Secondary malignancy * Patients who had autologous or syngeneic marrow transplantation * Presence of any cause of intestinal symptoms or ulceration other than GVHD * Patients with any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol will be excluded
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDSteinbach G, Hockenbery DM, Huls G, Furlong T, Myerson D, Loeb KR, Fann JR, Castilla-Llorente C, McDonald GB, Martin PJ. Pilot study of lithium to restore intestinal barrier function in severe graft-versus-host disease. PLoS One. 2017 Aug 17;12(8):e0183284. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183284. eCollection 2017. PMID 28817727