Bacigalupo A, Oneto R, Bruno B, Soracco M, Lamparelli T, Gualandi F, Occhini D, Raiola A, Mordini N, Berisso G, Bregante S, Dini G, Lombardi A, Lint M V, Brand R
Divisione Ematologia II Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Bone Marrow Transplant. 1999 Sep;24(6):653-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701953.
Transplant-related mortality (TRM) following allo- geneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) remains a major concern and early identification of patients at risk may be clinically relevant. In this study we describe a predictive score based on bilirubin and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels on day +7 after BMT. The patient population consisted of 309 consecutive patients who underwent BMT from sibling (n = 263) or unrelated donors (n = 46) for hematologic disorders between December 1990 and December 1996. Of 27 laboratory tests taken on day +7 after BMT, serum bilirubin (P = 0.02) and BUN (P = 0.007) were found to be independent predictors of TRM in multivariate analysis. The median levels of bilirubin (0.9 mg/dl) and of BUN (21 mg/dl) were then used as a cut-off and a score of 1 was given for values equal/greater than the median. There were 216 patients with scores 0-1 (low risk) on day +7 (bilirubin <0.9 and/or BUN <21) and 93 patients with score 2 (high risk) (bilirubin >/=0.9 and BUN >/=21): the latter had more grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (P = 0.03), slower neutrophil (P = 0.02) and slower platelet engraftment (P = 0.002). The actuarial 5 year TRM is 22% for low risk vs44% for high risk patients (P = 0.0003). For HLA-identical siblings TRM is 20% vs35% (P = 0.01), for unrelated donors it is 20% vs 65% (P = 0.01). Day +7 score was highly predictive of TRM on multivariate analysis (hazard ratio 1.9, P < 0.01), after adjustment for year of transplant (P < 0.00001), unrelated vs sibling donors (P = 0.001), patient age (P = 0.01) and diagnosis (P = 0.01). These results were validated on an independent group of 82 allogeneic BMT recipients in a pediatric Unit who showed an actuarial TRM of 16% for low risk vs 46% for high risk patients (P = 0.002). This study suggests that it may be possible to identify patients with different risks of TRM on day +7 after BMT: high risk patients could be eligible for programs designed to intensify prophylaxis of post-transplant complications.
异基因骨髓移植(BMT)后的移植相关死亡率(TRM)仍是一个主要问题,早期识别有风险的患者可能具有临床意义。在本研究中,我们描述了一种基于BMT后第7天胆红素和血尿素氮(BUN)水平的预测评分。患者群体包括1990年12月至1996年12月期间因血液系统疾病接受来自同胞(n = 263)或无关供者(n = 46)BMT的309例连续患者。在BMT后第7天进行的27项实验室检查中,血清胆红素(P = 0.02)和BUN(P = 0.007)在多变量分析中被发现是TRM的独立预测因素。然后将胆红素的中位数水平(0.9mg/dl)和BUN的中位数水平(21mg/dl)用作临界值,对于等于/高于中位数的值给予1分。在第7天有216例患者评分为0 - 1分(低风险)(胆红素<0.9且/或BUN<21),93例患者评分为2分(高风险)(胆红素≥0.9且BUN≥21):后者有更多III - IV级急性移植物抗宿主病(P = 0.03),中性粒细胞恢复较慢(P = 0.02),血小板植入较慢(P = 0.002)。低风险患者的5年精算TRM为22%,高风险患者为44%(P = 0.0003)。对于HLA匹配的同胞,TRM为20%对35%(P = 0.01),对于无关供者,为20%对65%(P = 0.01)。在多变量分析中,第7天的评分对TRM具有高度预测性(风险比1.9,P < 0.01),在调整移植年份(P < 0.00001)、无关供者与同胞供者(P = 0.001)、患者年龄(P = 0.01)和诊断(P = 0.01)后。这些结果在一个儿科单位的82例异基因BMT受者的独立组中得到验证,低风险患者的精算TRM为16%,高风险患者为46%(P = 0.002)。本研究表明,在BMT后第7天有可能识别出具有不同TRM风险的患者:高风险患者可能有资格参加旨在加强移植后并发症预防的项目。