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Impact of HLA class I and class II high-resolution matching on outcomes of unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation: HLA-C mismatching is associated with a strong adverse effect on transplantation outcome

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 104; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1182/blood-2004-03-0803

1528-0020

Neal Flomenberg, Lee Ann Baxter‐Lowe, Dennis L. Confer, Marcelo Fernández-Viña, Alexandra H. Filipovich, Mary M. Horowitz, Carolyn Katovich Hurley, Craig Kollman, Claudio Anasetti, Harriet Noreen, Ann B. Begovich, William H. Hildebrand, Effie W. Petersdorf, Barbara J. Schmeckpeper, Michelle Setterholm, Elizabeth Trachtenberg, Thomas Williams, Edmond J. Yunis, Daniel J. Weisdorf,

Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments

Outcome of unrelated donor marrow transplantation is influenced by donor-recipient matching for HLA. Prior studies assessing the effects of mismatches at specific HLA loci have yielded conflicting results. The importance of high-resolution matching for all HLA loci has also not been established. We therefore examined the effects of HLA matching (low or high resolution or both) on engraftment, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and mortality in 1874 donor-recipient pairs retrospectively typed at high resolution for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQ, and -DP. Mismatches at HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 each had similar adverse effects on mortality. Only HLA-A mismatches demonstrated significant adverse effects on GVHD. These adverse effects on outcome were more evident in transplants with low-resolution versus only high-resolution mismatches. Mismatches for HLA-DQ or -DP did not significantly affect outcome. When high-resolution mismatches at HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 were considered together, adverse effects on survival and GVHD were observed. We therefore conclude that matching for HLA-C should be incorporated into algorithms for unrelated donor selection. High-resolution mismatches at HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 adversely affect outcome, but less so than low-resolution mismatches. When clinical circumstances allow, high-resolution class I typing may help optimize donor selection and improve outcome.