HPSE polymorphisms turned out to be significant independent risk factors (P = 0.030) for development of SOS and should be evaluated in further trials.
Background The WHO/ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical) index DDD (WHO-DDD) is commonly used for drug consumption measurement. Discrepancies between WHO-DDD and actual prescribed daily doses (PDD) in hospitals have prompted alternative dose definitions adapted to doses recommended in hospital practice guidelines [recommended daily doses (RDD)]. Methods In order to validate RDD we performed modified point prevalence surveys in 24 acute care hospitals and recorded 20620 PDD of antibiotics given to 4226 adult patients on the day of the survey and the 6 preceding days. We calculated RDD and WHO-DDD and compared them with PDD. Results The rate of RDD corresponding to PDD was higher than the corresponding rate for WHO-DDD (pooled data, 55% versus 30%) and the differences were similar across the hospital sample, but varied according to drug/drug class, route of administration, indication and renal function. RDD underestimated actual consumption by 14% overall, while WHO-DDD overestimated total antibacterial consumption by 28% (pooled data; median values RDD −10% versus WHO-DDD +32%). The deviations of estimated from actual drug use volumes were largest for β-lactams (RDD −11% versus WHO-DDD +49%), in particular for penicillins (−11% versus +64%), if WHO-DDD were used. Conclusions Hospital antibiotic consumption surveillance systems using current WHO-DDD should address the uneven discrepancies between actual prescribing and consumption estimates according to drug class that may lead to misclassification in benchmark analyses. We recommend using validated RDD as a supplementary measure to the WHO-DDD for detailed analyses.
Background:Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS), commonly known as veno-occlusive disease of the liver is a life-threatening early complication after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Until now, examinations about the influence of genetic risk factors are extremely rare. Heparanase (HPSE), a pivotal endoglycosidase responsible for heparan sulfate degradation, is expressed by activated endothelial cells. HPSE has been shown to be involved in inflammation and may therefore play an important role in the pathogenesis of hepatic SOS. The purpose of this study was to identify an association between HPSE single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and hepatic SOS in children undergoing allogeneic HSCT. Methods:160 children (median age, 14 years) who underwent allogeneic bone marrow (n=91) or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (n= 69) in a single center and their respective donors were genotyped of HPSE for rs4693608 and rs4364254 using TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction. The donor was HLA-matched unrelated in 63% of transplants and HLA-identical related in 25% of transplants. Conditioning regimen was myeloablative in all cases and based on busulfan in 46% of transplants or total body irradiation in 33% of transplants. Two forms of post-transplant immunosuppression predominated, cyclosporine A and methotrexate in 50% of transplants and cyclosporine A alone in 30% of transplants. Results:160 donor/patient pairs were analyzed. Cell samples from the patient were available in 155 cases and from the donor in 153 cases. Genotype AG of HPSE rs4693608 SNP was found in 82 patients (53%), AA in 49 patients (32%), and 24 patients were homozygous for GG (15%). Analysis of HPSE rs4364254 SNP revealed a similar distribution for TC (n=69, 44%) and TT (n=68, 44%) and a frequency of 18 patients (12%) for CC. Hepatic SOS was observed in 12 patients (8%). According to the modified Seattle criteria we identified ten patients with early-onset disease in the first 20 days after HSCT and two patients who developed hepatic SOS later on day +44 and day +83 after transplantation (late-onset SOS), respectively. If hepatic SOS was diagnosed all of our patients were treated with defibrotide as early as possible. Two patients (17%) developed severe hepatic SOS and died of multi-organ failure. The remaining ten patients with hepatic SOS (83%) could be successfully treated and survived. Patients with HPSE genotypes GG or AG of rs4693608 (G>A) had a significantly reduced incidence of hepatic SOS on day 100 after HSCT compared to patients with genotype AA (5% vs. 14%, p=0.038). In addition, incidence of hepatic SOS in patients with genotype CC or CT of rs4364254 (C>T) was significantly decreased in comparison to patients with genotype TT (2% vs. 15%, p=0.004). Interestingly, no patient with genotype CC developed hepatic SOS. Because both SNPs co-occur in vivo, we generated subsets: AA-TT, GG-CC and a group with remaining SNP combinations. We found significant differences between all three patient groups (p=0.035). Patients with AA-TT showed the highest incidence of hepatic SOS (17%), while hepatic SOS was not observed in patients with GG-CC (0%) and residual combinations were numerically in-between (5%). An impact caused by main patient and donor characteristics, established risk factors for hepatic SOS, and conditioning regimen could be excluded in multivariate analyses. Conclusions: This study provides the first evidence that HPSE polymorphisms are significant independent risk factors (p=0.030) for the development of hepatic SOS and should be evaluated in further trials. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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