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ArticleClinical pharmacology and therapeutics2024

Treosulfan Exposure Predicts Thalassemia-Free Survival in Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

Aswin Anand Pai, Ezhilpavai Mohanan, John C Panetta, Uday P Kulkarni, Raveen Stephen Stallon Illangeswaran, Balaji Balakrishnan, Agila Jayaraman, Eunice S Edison, Kavitha M Lakshmi, Anup J Devasia and 8 more

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Aswin Anand PaiDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9421-8585
Ezhilpavai MohananDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6490-4477
John C PanettaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1308-7208
Uday P KulkarniDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2230-2424
Raveen Stephen Stallon IllangeswaranDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Balaji BalakrishnanDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4852-3022
Agila JayaramanDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Eunice S EdisonDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9726-1324
Kavitha M LakshmiDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Anup J DevasiaDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3587-8601
Nambiathayil Aboobacker FouziaDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4133-1001
Anu KorulaDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3207-3370
Aby AbrahamDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2596-4434
Biju GeorgeDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9847-9501
Alok SrivastavaDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5032-5020
Vikram MathewsDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9417-2353
Joseph F StandingInfection, Immunity and Inflammation, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4561-7173
Poonkuzhali BalasubramanianDepartment of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9443-439X
Christian Medical College, Vellore · INGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/S/15/1/501842DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/S/21/2/505932DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/TSG/23/1/600452Medical Research Council MR/M008665/1Wellcome Trust
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Abstract

A toxicity-reduced conditioning regimen with treosulfan, fludarabine, and thiotepa in patients with high-risk β-thalassemia major has significantly improved hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) outcomes. However, complications resulting from regimen-related toxicities (RRTs), mixed chimerism, and graft rejection remain a challenge. We evaluated the dose-exposure-response relationship of treosulfan and its active metabolite S, S-EBDM, in a uniform cohort of patients with β-thalassemia major to identify whether therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and dose adjustment of treosulfan is feasible. Plasma treosulfan/S, S-EBDM levels were measured in 77 patients using a validated liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry method, and the pharmacokinetic parameters were estimated using nlmixr2. The influence of treosulfan and S, S-EBDM exposure, and GSTA1/NQO1 polymorphisms on graft rejection, RRTs, chimerism status, and 1-year overall survival (OS), and thalassemia-free survival (TFS) were assessed. We observed that treosulfan exposure was lower in patients with graft rejection than those without (1,655 vs. 2,037 mg•h/L, P = 0.07). Pharmacodynamic modeling analysis to identify therapeutic cutoff revealed that treosulfan exposure ≥1,660 mg•hour/L was significantly associated with better 1-year TFS (97% vs. 81%, P = 0.02) and a trend to better 1-year OS (90% vs. 69%, P = 0.07). Further, multivariate analysis adjusting for known pre-HCT risk factors also revealed treosulfan exposure <1,660 mg•h/L (hazard ratio (HR) = 3.23; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.12-9.34; P = 0.03) and GSTA1*B variant genotype (HR = 3.75; 95% CI = 1.04-13.47; P = 0.04) to be independent predictors for inferior 1-year TFS. We conclude that lower treosulfan exposure increases the risk of graft rejection and early transplant-related mortality affecting TFS. As no RRTs were observed with increasing treosulfan exposure, TDM-based dose adjustment could be feasible and beneficial.

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beta-ThalassemiaGraft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationBusulfanHumansThiotepaTransplantation ConditioningBusulfanThiotepatreosulfan

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PMID37846495
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