PMID- 25371177 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150803 LR - 20210103 IS - 1476-5551 (Electronic) IS - 0887-6924 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 5 DP - 2015 May TI - Incidence, risk factors and clinical outcome of leukemia relapses with loss of the mismatched HLA after partially incompatible hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. PG - 1143-52 LID - 10.1038/leu.2014.314 [doi] AB - Genomic loss of the mismatched human leukocyte antigen (HLA) is a recently described mechanism of leukemia immune escape and relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Here we first evaluated its incidence, risk factors and outcome in 233 consecutive transplants from partially HLA-mismatched related and unrelated donors (MMRD and MMUD, respectively). We documented 84 relapses, 23 of which with HLA loss. All the HLA loss relapses occurred after MMRD HSCT, and 20/23 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Upon MMRD HSCT, HLA loss variants accounted for 33% of the relapses (23/69), occurring later than their 'classical' counterparts (median: 307 vs 88 days, P<0.0001). Active disease at HSCT increased the risk of HLA loss (hazard ratio (HR): 10.16; confidence interval (CI): 2.65-38.92; P=0.001), whereas older patient ages had a protective role (HR: 0.16; CI: 0.05-0.46; P=0.001). A weaker association with HLA loss was observed for graft T-cell dose and occurrence of chronic graft-versus-host disease. Outcome after 'classical' and HLA loss relapses was similarly poor, and second transplantation from a different donor appeared to provide a slight advantage for survival. In conclusion, HLA loss is a frequent mechanism of evasion from T-cell alloreactivity and relapse in patients with myeloid malignancies transplanted from MMRDs, warranting routine screening in this transplantation setting. FAU - Crucitti, L AU - Crucitti L AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Crocchiolo, R AU - Crocchiolo R AD - Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy. FAU - Toffalori, C AU - Toffalori C AD - Unit of Molecular and Functional Immunogenetics, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Mazzi, B AU - Mazzi B AD - Unit of Molecular and Functional Immunogenetics, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Greco, R AU - Greco R AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Signori, A AU - Signori A AD - Department of Health Sciences, Section of Biostatistics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy. FAU - Sizzano, F AU - Sizzano F AD - San Raffaele Flow Cytometry Resource, Analytical Cytology Technical Applications Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Chiesa, L AU - Chiesa L AD - Unit of Molecular and Functional Immunogenetics, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Zino, E AU - Zino E AD - Unit of Molecular and Functional Immunogenetics, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Lupo Stanghellini, M T AU - Lupo Stanghellini MT AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Assanelli, A AU - Assanelli A AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Carrabba, M G AU - Carrabba MG AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Marktel, S AU - Marktel S AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Marcatti, M AU - Marcatti M AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Bordignon, C AU - Bordignon C AD - 1] Universita 'Vita-Salute San Raffaele', Milano, Italy [2] MolMed SpA, Milano, Italy. FAU - Corti, C AU - Corti C AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Bernardi, M AU - Bernardi M AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Peccatori, J AU - Peccatori J AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Bonini, C AU - Bonini C AD - Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Fleischhauer, K AU - Fleischhauer K AD - 1] Unit of Molecular and Functional Immunogenetics, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy [2] Institute for Experimental Cellular Therapy, University of Essen, Essen, Germany. FAU - Ciceri, F AU - Ciceri F AD - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. FAU - Vago, L AU - Vago L AD - 1] Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy [2] Unit of Molecular and Functional Immunogenetics, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141105 PL - England TA - Leukemia JT - Leukemia JID - 8704895 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Female MH - Graft vs Host Disease/immunology MH - HLA Antigens/*immunology MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/*methods MH - Histocompatibility Testing MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/epidemiology/*immunology/*therapy MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Mutation MH - Proportional Hazards Models MH - Recurrence MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Risk Factors MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2014/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/04 06:00 CRDT- 2014/11/06 06:00 PHST- 2014/07/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/10/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/10/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/11/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/04 06:00 [medline] AID - leu2014314 [pii] AID - 10.1038/leu.2014.314 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leukemia. 2015 May;29(5):1143-52. doi: 10.1038/leu.2014.314. Epub 2014 Nov 5.