Pre-transplantation plasma vitamin D levels and acute graft-versus-host disease after myeloablative hematopoietic cell transplantation in adults

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Background: The association between vitamin D and acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) remains controversial, especially for patients receiving myeloablative conditioning. Methods: We measured pre-transplantation plasma vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D3 + D2) levels by competitive electrochemiluminescence in plasma samples from 116 adult patients who underwent a myeloablative allogeneic transplantation at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen between July 2015 and August 2018. Results: The median (Q1, Q3) pre-transplantation plasma vitamin D level was 64 (47, 85) nmol/L (normal range: 50–160 nmol/L). Vitamin D insufficiency (<50 nmol/L) and moderate deficiency (<25 nmol/L) were observed in 29% and 8% of patients, respectively. No patients had a severe deficiency (<12 nmol/L). Pre-transplantation vitamin D levels were slightly higher in patients who later developed grade II–IV acute GvHD (mean difference: 8.1 nmol/L), but the 95% confidence interval [CI] encompassed clinically insignificant differences (CI: −2.2, 19.2 nmol/L). From multivariable logistic regression, we found that a patient with a pre-transplantation vitamin D level of 85 nmol/L (Q3) had 1.5 times higher odds of grade II–IV acute GvHD than a patient with a level of 47 nmol/L (Q1; CI of odds ratio: 0.84, 2.7; adjusted for patient age, donor type, use of anti-thymocyte globulin, and use of 12 Gy total-body irradiation). Patients with pre-transplantation vitamin D insufficiency (N = 34) had a cumulative incidence of grade II–IV acute GvHD similar to that of patients with vitamin D sufficiency (26% [CI: 11%, 42%] versus 35% [CI: 25%, 46%], respectively). Conclusions: Our data did not support an association between pre-transplantation vitamin D levels or vitamin D insufficiency and acute GvHD in adult patients receiving myeloablative conditioning.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer101437
TidsskriftTransplant Immunology
Vol/bind68
ISSN0966-3274
DOI
StatusUdgivet - okt. 2021

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the Danish National Research Foundation [grant number DNRF126], Fr?ken Amalie J?rgensens Mindelegat, Grosserer Valdemar Foersom og hustru Thyra Foersom f?dt Ottos Fond, Handelsgartner Ove William Buhl Olesen og ?gtef?lle fru Edith Buhl Olesens Mindelegat, Karen A. Tolstrups Fond and T?mrermester J?rgen Holm og Hustru Elisa f. Hansens Mindelegat.

Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the Danish National Research Foundation [grant number DNRF126 ], Frøken Amalie Jørgensens Mindelegat , Grosserer Valdemar Foersom og hustru Thyra Foersom født Ottos Fond , Handelsgartner Ove William Buhl Olesen og ægtefælle fru Edith Buhl Olesens Mindelegat , Karen A. Tolstrups Fond and Tømrermester Jørgen Holm og Hustru Elisa f. Hansens Mindelegat .

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