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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Zohreh Nademi, Dr Alex Battersby, Dr Terence Flood, Dr Stephen Owens, Professor Andrew Cant, Sinéad Greener, Dr Patrick Walsh, Professor David KavanaghORCiD, Dr Srinivas Annavarapu, Professor Roderick Skinner, Professor Andrew GenneryORCiD, Professor Mary Slatter
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This study aimed to identify a risk profile for development of transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Between 2013 and 2016, 439 children underwent 474 HSCTs at 2 supraregional United Kingdom centers. At a median of 153 days post-HSCT, TA-TMA occurred among 25 of 441 evaluable cases (5.6%) with no evidence of center variation. Sex, underlying disease, intensity of the conditioning, total body irradiation-based conditioning, the use of calcineurin inhibitors, venoocclusive disease, and viral reactivation did not influence the development of TA-TMA. Donor type: matched sibling donor/matched family donor vs matched unrelated donor vs mismatched unrelated donor/haplo-HSCT, showed a trend toward the development of TA-TMA in 1.8% vs 6.1% vs 8.3%, respectively. Presence of active comorbidity was associated with an increased risk for TA-TMA; 13% vs 3.7% in the absence of comorbidity. The risk of TA-TMA was threefold higher among patients who received >1 transplant. TA-TMA rates were significantly higher among patients with acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) grades III to IV vs aGVHD grade 0 to II. On multivariate analysis, the presence of active comorbidity, >1 transplant, aGVHD grade III to IV were risk factors for TA-TMA (odds ratio [OR]: 5.1, 5.2, and 26.9; respectively), whereas the use of cyclosporine A/tacrolimus-based GVHD prophylaxis was not a risk factor for TA-TMA (OR: 0.3). Active comorbidity, subsequent transplant, and aGVHD grades III to IV were significant risk factors for TA-TMA. TA-TMA might represent a form of a vascular GVHD, and therefore, continuing control of aGVHD is important to prevent worsening of TA-TMA associated with GVHD.
Author(s): Elfeky R, Lucchini G, Lum SH, Ottaviano G, Builes N, Nademi Z, Battersby A, Flood T, Owens S, Cant AJ, Young H, Greener S, Walsh P, Kavanagh D, Annavarapu S, Rao K, Amrolia P, Chiesa R, Worth A, Booth C, Skinner R, Doncheva B, Standing J, Gennery AR, Qasim W, Slatter M, Veys P
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Blood Advances
Year: 2020
Volume: 4
Issue: 11
Pages: 2418-2429
Online publication date: 09/06/2020
Acceptance date: 09/06/2020
Date deposited: 25/11/2020
ISSN (electronic): 2473-9529
Publisher: American Society of Hematology
URL: https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001315
DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001315
PubMed id: 32492158
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