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CMV HCT

Primary Regimens

Preemptive Strategy

  • Monitor weekly for CMV viremia by PCR (or antigenemia) for 3-6 months post transplant with consideration for more prolonged monitoring in patients at risk for late-onset CMV disease (chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) requiring systemic treatment, patients receiving high-dose steroids, T-cell depleted or cord blood transplant recipients, and CD4 < 100 cells/mL).
  • Start treatment with identification of CMV viremia or antigenemia.

Treatment

  • Valganciclovir 900 mg po bid or
  • Ganciclovir 5 mg/kg IV q12h until clearance of viremia, but for not less than 2 weeks.
  • At that point of viremia clearance, either switch to secondary prophylaxis (below) or resume preemptive approach.

Prophylaxis

  • Letermovir 480 mg IV or po q24h
  • Valganciclovir 900 mg po q24h (beginning post-engraftment):