%0 Journal Article
%T Retrospective analysis of the incidence and outcome of late acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease-an analysis from transplant centers across Europe.
%A Langer R
%A Lelas A
%A Rittenschober M
%A Piekarska A
%A Sadowska-Klasa A
%A Sabol I
%A Desnica L
%A Greinix H
%A Dickinson A
%A Inngjerdingen M
%A Lawitschka A
%A Vrhovac R
%A Pulanic D
%A Güneş S
%A Klein S
%A Moritz Middeke J
%A Grube M
%A Edinger M
%A Herr W
%A Wolff D
%J Front Transplant
%V 3
%N 0
%D 2024
%M 38993773
暂无%R 10.3389/frtra.2024.1332181
%X UNASSIGNED: Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) is a serious late complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).
UNASSIGNED: This multicenter analysis determined the cumulative incidence (CI) of cGvHD and late acute GvHD (laGvHD) and its impact on transplantation-related mortality (TRM), relapse (R), and overall survival (OS) in 317 patients [296 adults, 21 pediatrics (<12 years of age)] who underwent their first allo-HSCT in 2017.
UNASSIGNED: The CI of laGvHD was 10.5% in adults and 4.8% in pediatrics, and the CI of cGvHD was 43.0% in all adult transplant patients and 50.2% in the adult at-risk cohort at the study end. The onset of cGvHD was de novo in 42.0% of patients, quiescent in 52.1%, and progressive in 5.9%. In adults, prophylactic use of antithymocyte globulin or posttransplant cyclophosphamide was associated with a significantly lower incidence of cGvHD (28.7%) vs. standard prophylaxis with calcineurin inhibitors (30.6%) and methotrexate/mycophenolate mofetil (58.4%) (all p < 0.01). TRM was significantly higher in patients with aGvHD (31.8%) vs. cGvHD (12.6%) and no GvHD (6.3%) (all p = 0.0001). OS in the adult at-risk cohort was significantly higher in patients with cGvHD (78.9%) vs. without (66.2%; p = 0.0022; HR 0.48) due to a significantly lower relapse rate (cGvHD: 14.5%; without cGvHD: 27.2%; p = 0.00016, HR 0.41). OS was also significantly higher in patients with mild (80.0%) and moderate (79.2%) cGvHD vs. without cGvHD (66.2%), excluding severe cGvHD (72.7%) (all p = 0.0214).
UNASSIGNED: The negative impact of severe cGvHD on OS suggests a focus on prevention of severe forms is warranted to improve survival and quality of life.