Combining clinical and candidate gene data into a risk score for azathioprine-associated leukopenia in routine clinical practice

Leukopenia is a serious, frequent side effect associated with azathioprine use. Currently, we use thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) testing to predict leukopenia in patients taking azathioprine. We hypothesized that a risk score incorporating additional clinical and genetic variables would improve the prediction of azathioprine-associated leukopenia. In the discovery phase, we developed four risk score models: (1) age, sex, and TPMT metabolizer status; (2) model 1 plus additional clinical variables; (3) sixty candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms; and (4) model 2 plus model 3. The area under the receiver-operating-characteristic curve (AUC) of the risk scores was 0.59 (95% CI: 0.54-0.64), 0.75 (0.71-0.80), 0.66 (0.61-0.71), and 0.78 (0.74-0.82) for models 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. During the replication phase, models 2 and 4 (AUC = 0.64, 95% CI: 0.59-0.70 and AUC = 0.63, 95% CI: 0.58-0.69, respectively) were significant in an independent group. Compared with TPMT testing alone, additional genetic and clinical variables improve the prediction of azathioprine-associated leukopenia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

The pharmacogenomics journal - 20(2020), 5 vom: 13. Okt., Seite 736-745

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Anandi, Prathima [VerfasserIn]
Dickson, Alyson L [VerfasserIn]
Feng, QiPing [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Wei-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Dupont, William D [VerfasserIn]
Plummer, Dale [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ge [VerfasserIn]
Octaria, Rany [VerfasserIn]
Barker, Katherine A [VerfasserIn]
Kawai, Vivian K [VerfasserIn]
Birdwell, Kelly [VerfasserIn]
Cox, Nancy J [VerfasserIn]
Hung, Adriana [VerfasserIn]
Stein, C Michael [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Cecilia P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Azathioprine
Comparative Study
EC 2.1.1.-
EC 2.1.1.67
Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
MRK240IY2L
Methyltransferases
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TPMT protein, human

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Date Completed 07.07.2021

Date Revised 03.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41397-020-0163-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306491915