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High-dose methylprednisolone (HDMP) was used to treat 18 episodes of severe (grades III and IV) acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) that developed after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in 12 patients with acute leukemia and in 2 with aplastic anemia. Most of the patients showed rapid improvement in GVHD, with complete resolution of the skin and gut manifestations. However, the response of liver disease to the treatment was slow and incomplete. Complications seen were interstitial pneumonia and fungal and viral infections. Seven patients survived for more than two months following the treatment of acute GVHD. Five of these became long-term survivors with a median survival of 22+ months (range 11-38 months); all five long-term survivors developed chronic GVHD and are alive at the time of this report. It appears that HDMP is an effective treatment for severe acute GVHD. However, its true efficacy can only be ascertained in a randomized study comparing high-dose and conventional-dose methylprednisolone.
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