Belumosudil Impacts Immunosuppression Pharmacokinetics in Patients with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease. 2023

Rebecca Gonzalez, and Eric Gaskill, and Maya Padilla, and Joseph Pidala, and Aleksandr Lazaryan, and Lia Perez, and Farhad Khimani, and Rawan Faramand
Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida; Department of Pharmacy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida. Electronic address: Rebecca.Gonzalez@Moffitt.org.

Belumosudil (BEL) is a novel Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 2 (ROCK2) inhibitor approved for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) in patients who have failed 2 or more prior lines of systemic therapy. Although the pharmacokinetic effects of BEL on other immunosuppressive (IS) agents have not been clinically evaluated, in vitro data indicate that BEL may have possible interactions with drugs with a narrow therapeutic index used to treat cGVHD, such as tacrolimus, sirolimus, and cyclosporine, through cytochrome P450 (CYP3A) and p-glycoprotein interactions. Further evaluation of these potential interactions is warranted to optimize the safety and effectiveness of these medications when combined with BEL. In this study, we investigated the potential effects of BEL on sirolimus and tacrolimus levels when used concurrently by assessing changes in IS levels after the addition of BEL. This retrospective single-center study of patients who started BEL while on tacrolimus and/or sirolimus between February 1, 2019, to February 1, 2023, included patients who had IS levels measured at baseline prior to starting BEL and at least 1 subsequent IS measurement to assess changes over time. The primary endpoint was the concentration-dose (C/D) ratio analyzed before and after the addition of BEL. Secondary endpoints included the incidence of IS levels outside of the therapeutic range (subtherapeutic or supratherapeutic) and mean dosage changes over time. Thirty-seven patients met our eligibility criteria and were included in this analysis. Patients taking sirolimus (n = 30) or tacrolimus (n = 16) concurrently with BEL had a statistically significant increase in the C/D ratio (sirolimus recipients, 160% [P < .001]; tacrolimus recipients, 113% [P = .013]) between the pre-BEL and final post-BEL assessments. The C/D ratios for both tacrolimus and sirolimus recipients continued to increase at several time points after initiation of BEL, indicating that multiple drug dosage adjustments may be required. After BEL initiation, 19% of tacrolimus levels and 57% of sirolimus levels were supratherapeutic. Despite dosage adjustments, 27% of tacrolimus levels were supratherapeutic at both the second and third assessments after starting BEL, and 28% and 30% of sirolimus levels were supratherapeutic at these 2 time points, respectively. All 12 of the patients who discontinued BEL during the study period (100%) showed a return to their baseline C/D ratio, confirming that the C/D ratio change can be attributed to BEL. The impact of BEL on IS levels is clinically significant, warranting dosage adjustments of concurrent medications. A significant number of patients taking sirolimus with BEL had levels >15 ng/mL during the study period, indicating a potential risk for toxicity if this interaction is unmonitored. We recommend empiric dose reductions of 25% for tacrolimus and 25% to 50% for sirolimus when adding BEL, as well as close monitoring of IS levels during the initial weeks of BEL therapy. Future studies are warranted to better describe the impact of BEL on patients taking CYP3A inhibitors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007165 Immunosuppression Therapy Deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response. It may be nonspecific as in the administration of immunosuppressive agents (drugs or radiation) or by lymphocyte depletion or may be specific as in desensitization or the simultaneous administration of antigen and immunosuppressive drugs. Antirejection Therapy,Immunosuppression,Immunosuppressive Therapy,Anti-Rejection Therapy,Therapy, Anti-Rejection,Therapy, Antirejection,Anti Rejection Therapy,Anti-Rejection Therapies,Antirejection Therapies,Immunosuppression Therapies,Immunosuppressions,Immunosuppressive Therapies,Therapies, Immunosuppression,Therapies, Immunosuppressive,Therapy, Immunosuppression,Therapy, Immunosuppressive
D007166 Immunosuppressive Agents Agents that suppress immune function by one of several mechanisms of action. Classical cytotoxic immunosuppressants act by inhibiting DNA synthesis. Others may act through activation of T-CELLS or by inhibiting the activation of HELPER CELLS. While immunosuppression has been brought about in the past primarily to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, new applications involving mediation of the effects of INTERLEUKINS and other CYTOKINES are emerging. Immunosuppressant,Immunosuppressive Agent,Immunosuppressants,Agent, Immunosuppressive,Agents, Immunosuppressive
D006086 Graft vs Host Disease The clinical entity characterized by anorexia, diarrhea, loss of hair, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, growth retardation, and eventual death brought about by the GRAFT VS HOST REACTION. Graft-Versus-Host Disease,Homologous Wasting Disease,Runt Disease,Graft-vs-Host Disease,Disease, Graft-Versus-Host,Disease, Graft-vs-Host,Disease, Homologous Wasting,Disease, Runt,Diseases, Graft-Versus-Host,Diseases, Graft-vs-Host,Graft Versus Host Disease,Graft-Versus-Host Diseases,Graft-vs-Host Diseases
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000092122 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Bronchiolitis obliterans complication from allogenic HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION and LUNG TRANSPLANTATION. BOS Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome,Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease,Obstructive CLAD,Obstructive Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction,Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndromes,CLAD, Obstructive,Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease,Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Diseases,Disease, Chronic Graft-Versus-Host,Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Chronic,Graft-Versus-Host Diseases, Chronic,Obstructive CLADs,Syndrome, Bronchiolitis Obliterans
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D016559 Tacrolimus A macrolide isolated from the culture broth of a strain of Streptomyces tsukubaensis that has strong immunosuppressive activity in vivo and prevents the activation of T-lymphocytes in response to antigenic or mitogenic stimulation in vitro. Anhydrous Tacrolimus,FK-506,FK506,FR-900506,Prograf,Prograft,Tacrolimus Anhydrous,Anhydrous, Tacrolimus,FK 506,FR 900506,FR900506,Tacrolimus, Anhydrous
D020123 Sirolimus A macrolide compound obtained from Streptomyces hygroscopicus that acts by selectively blocking the transcriptional activation of cytokines thereby inhibiting cytokine production. It is bioactive only when bound to IMMUNOPHILINS. Sirolimus is a potent immunosuppressant and possesses both antifungal and antineoplastic properties. Rapamycin,AY 22-989,I-2190A,Rapamune,AY 22 989,AY 22989,I 2190A,I2190A

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