Biological stratification of clinical disease courses in childhood immune thrombocytopenia

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BACKGROUND: In childhood immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), an autoimmune bleeding disorder, there is a need for better prediction of individual disease courses and treatment outcomes.

OBJECTIVE: To predict the response to intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) and ITP disease course using genetic and immune markers.

METHODS: Children aged younger than 7 years with newly diagnosed ITP (N = 147) from the Treatment With or Without IVIG for Kids with ITP study were included, which randomized children to an IVIg or observation group. A total of 46 variables were available: clinical characteristics, targeted genotyping, lymphocyte immune phenotyping, and platelet autoantibodies.

RESULTS: In the treatment arm, 48/80 children (60%) showed a complete response (platelets ≥100 × 109 /L) that lasted for at least 1 month (complete sustained response [CSR]) and 32 exhibited no or a temporary response (absence of a sustained response [ASR]). For a biological risk score, five variables were selected by regularized logistic regression that predicted ASR vs CSR: (1) hemoglobin; (2) platelet count; (3) genetic polymorphisms of Fc-receptor (FcγR) IIc; (4) the presence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) anti-platelet antibodies; and (5) preceding vaccination. The ASR sensitivity was 0.91 (95% confidence interval, 0.80-1.00) and specificity was 0.67 (95% confidence interval, 0.53-0.80). In the 67 patients of the observation arm, this biological score was also associated with recovery during 1 year of follow-up. The addition of the biological score to a predefined clinical score further improved the discrimination of favorable ITP disease courses.

CONCLUSIONS: The prediction of disease courses and IVIg treatment responses in ITP is improved by using both clinical and biological stratification.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 19(2021), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1071-1081

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schmidt, David E [VerfasserIn]
Heitink-Pollé, Katja M J [VerfasserIn]
Mertens, Bart [VerfasserIn]
Porcelijn, Leendert [VerfasserIn]
Kapur, Rick [VerfasserIn]
van der Schoot, C Ellen [VerfasserIn]
Vidarsson, Gestur [VerfasserIn]
van der Bom, Johanna G [VerfasserIn]
Bruin, Marrie C A [VerfasserIn]
de Haas, Masja [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Immune thrombocytopenia
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Intravenous immunoglobulins
Journal Article
Molecular epidemiology
Pediatrics
Prognosis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.05.2021

Date Revised 29.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jth.15232

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319506843