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ArticleBlood advances2026

Validated clinical risk score for acute graft-versus-host disease in adult allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Caden M Ulschmid, Xiao Li, Tao Wang, Brent R Logan, Joseph Pidala, Margaret L MacMillan, Carrie L Kitko, Stephanie J Lee, Stephen R Spellman, Wael Saber

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Caden M UlschmidMedical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Xiao LiDivision of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.ORCID 0000-0002-4801-2532
Tao WangDivision of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.ORCID 0000-0002-2596-6843
Brent R LoganDivision of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Joseph PidalaH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL.
Margaret L MacMillanBlood and Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Carrie L KitkoDivision of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Stephanie J LeeCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.ORCID 0000-0003-2600-6390
Stephen R SpellmanCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN.
Wael SaberCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Funding

Data Resource for Analyzing Blood &Marrow TransplantsU24CA076518 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Amy M Moskop, Bronwen Shaw · 1998 to 2026
$105.2M
NCI NIH HHS U24 CA076518
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Abstract

abstractAcute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) contributes to significant morbidity after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). We aimed to develop and validate a clinical score to identify patients with significantly different risk for developing aGVHD. Analysis included adults who underwent allo-HCT during 2008-2019. Eligibility criteria were widely inclusive of transplant indications, donor types, graft types, conditioning regimens, and GVHD prophylaxis regimens. The final cohort of 21 796 patients was randomly split into training and validation cohorts, with 15 258 (70%) and 6538 (30%) patients, respectively. The primary outcome was grade 2 to 4 aGVHD, and the secondary outcome was grade 3 to 4 aGVHD, by day 100 posttransplant. Risk scores were developed using the training cohort, tested using the validation cohort, and stratified into 4 percentile groups. The odds of grade 2 to 4 aGVHD by day 100 posttransplant were 1.50 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.29-1.75; P< .0001) for the 25th to 50th percentile group, 2.0 (95% CI, 1.78-2.40; P< .0001) for the 50th to 75th percentile group, and 3.1 (95% CI, 2.72-3.65; P< .0001) for the >75th percentile group compared with the ≤25th percentile group in the validation cohort. The odds of grade 3 to 4 aGVHD by day 100 posttransplant were 1.4 (95% CI, 1.11-1.74; P = .0043) in the 25th to 50th percentile group, 2.0 (95% CI, 1.61-2.49; P< .0001) in the 50th to 75th percentile group, and 3.2 (95% CI, 2.64-3.98; P< .0001) in the >75th percentile group compared with the ≤25th percentile group in the validation cohort. Here, to our knowledge, we have developed the first validated, widely inclusive clinical risk score for the development of aGVHD after allo-HCT.

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Graft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAcute DiseaseAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsTransplantation, HomologousYoung Adult

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PMCPMC12927055

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