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Amphiregulin modifies the Minnesota Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease Risk Score: results from BMT CTN 0302/0802
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Amphiregulin modifies the Minnesota Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease Risk Score: results from BMT CTN 0302/0802 BLOOD ADVANCES Holtan, S. G., DeFor, T. E., Panoskaltsis-Mortari, A., Khera, N., Levine, J. E., Flowers, M. D., Lee, S. J., Inamoto, Y., Chen, G. L., Mayer, S., Arora, M., Palmer, J., Cutler, C. S., Arai, S., Lazaryan, A., Newell, L. F., Jagasia, M. H., Pusic, I., Wood, W. A., Renteria, A. S., Yanik, G., Hogan, W. J., Hexner, E., Ayuk, F., Holler, E., Bunworasate, U., Efebera, Y. A., Ferrara, J. M., Pidala, J., Howard, A., Wu, J., Bolanos-Meade, J., Ho, V., Alousi, A., Blazar, B. R., Weisdorf, D. J., MacMillan, M. L. 2018; 2 (15): 1882–88Abstract
Amphiregulin (AREG) is an epidermal growth factor receptor ligand that can restore integrity to damaged intestinal mucosa in murine models of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD). We previously reported that circulating AREG is elevated in late-onset aGVHD (occurring after 100 days posttransplant), but its clinical relevance in the context of aGVHD risk is unknown. We measured AREG in 251 aGVHD onset blood samples from Blood and Marrow Clinical Trials Network (BMT CTN) primary treatment trials and determined their association with GVHD severity, day 28 complete or partial response (CR/PR) to first-line therapy, overall survival (OS), and nonrelapse mortality (NRM). Every doubling of plasma AREG was associated with a 33% decrease in the odds of day 28 CR/PR (odds ratio [OR], 0.67; P < .01). An AREG threshold of 33 pg/mL or greater divided patients with Minnesota standard-risk (SR) aGVHD into a distinct group with a significantly lower likelihood of: day 28 CR/PR (72% vs 85%; P = .02); greater 2-year NRM (42% vs 15%; P < .01); and inferior OS (40% vs 66%; P < .01). High AREG = 33 pg/mL also stratified patients with Minnesota high-risk (HR) aGVHD: day 28 CR/PR (54% vs 83%; P = .03) and 2-year NRM (53% vs 11%; P < .01), with a trend toward inferior 2-year OS (37% vs 60%; P = .09). High-circulating AREG (=33 pg/mL) reclassifies patients into HR subgroups and thereby further refines the Minnesota aGVHD clinical risk score.
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