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- Title
Response to Rituximab-Based Therapy and Risk Factor Analysis in Epstein Barr Virus–Related Lymphoproliferative Disorder After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Children and Adults: A Study From the Infectious Diseases Working Party of the ...
- Authors
Styczynski, Jan; Gil, Lidia; Tridello, Gloria; Ljungman, Per; Donnelly, J. Peter; van der Velden, Walter; Omar, Hamdy; Martino, Rodrigo; Halkes, Constantijn; Faraci, Maura; Theunissen, Koen; Kalwak, Krzysztof; Hubacek, Petr; Sica, Simona; Nozzoli, Chiara; Fagioli, Franca; Matthes, Susanne; Diaz, Miguel A.; Migliavacca, Maddalena; Balduzzi, Adriana
- Abstract
More than two-thirds of patients with Epstein-Barr virus–related posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder after hematopoietic stem cell transplant can be cured with rituximab-based treatment. Reduction of immunosuppression is associated with improved outcome; older age, extranodal disease, and acute graft-vs-host disease predict poor outcome.Background. The objective of this analysis was to investigate prognostic factors that influence the outcome of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)–related posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) after a rituximab-based treatment in the allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) setting.Methods. A total of 4466 allogeneic HSCTs performed between 1999 and 2011 in 19 European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation centers were retrospectively analyzed for PTLD, either biopsy-proven or probable disease.Results. One hundred forty-four cases of PTLD were identified, indicating an overall EBV-related PTLD frequency of 3.22%, ranging from 1.16% for matched-family donor, 2.86% for mismatched family donor, 3.97% in matched unrelated donors, and 11.24% in mismatched unrelated donor recipients. In total, 69.4% patients survived PTLD. Multivariable analysis showed that a poor response of PTLD to rituximab was associated with an age ≥30 years, involvement of extralymphoid tissue, acute GVHD, and a lack of reduction of immunosuppression upon PTLD diagnosis. In the prognostic model, the PTLD mortality increased with the increasing number of factors: 0–1, 2, or 3 factors being associated with mortality of 7%, 37%, and 72%, respectively (P < .0001). Immunosuppression tapering was associated with a lower PTLD mortality (16% vs 39%), and a decrease of EBV DNAemia in peripheral blood during therapy was predictive of better survival.Conclusions. More than two-thirds of patients with EBV-related PTLD survived after rituximab-based treatment. Reduction of immunosuppression was associated with improved outcome, whereas older age, extranodal disease, and acute graft-vs-host disease predicted poor outcome.
- Subjects
RITUXIMAB; EPSTEIN-Barr virus diseases; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE disorders; DRUG therapy; HEMATOPOIETIC stem cell transplantation; COMMUNICABLE diseases in children; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2013, Vol 57, Issue 6, p794
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/cit391