Hypoalbuminaemia segregates different prognostic subgroups within the refined standard risk acute graft-versus-host disease score.
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| Abstract |    :  
                  Hypoalbuminaemia has been previously described to predict worse non-relapse mortality (NRM) and inferior overall survival (OS) in allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplant (allo-HCT) recipients. Here, we evaluate the role of hypoalbuminaemia (<35 g/l) at time of onset of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) when incorporated into the refined aGVHD score. The study population consisted of 522 patients, median age 53 (18-75) years, who underwent an allo-HCT mostly for haematological malignancies. Standard risk (SR) aGVHD comprised 467 patients (89%) and the number of high risk (HR) cases was 55 (11%). Median follow-up for all surviving patients was 26 (3-55) months. Two-year OS was significantly better in patients with SR aGVHD with a serum albumin ≥35 g/l compared to SR with albumin <35 g/l [70% (95% CI = 64-76%) vs. 49% (95% CI = 42-56%), P < 0·0001]. Also, patients with SR aGVHD and a serum albumin level of ≥35 g/l had a significantly lower NRM at 1-year post-transplantation [6% (95% CI = 3-10%) vs. 25% (95% CI = 20-32%), P < 0·0001]. After our findings are validated in a large cohort of patients, we propose that hypoalbuminaemia should be incorporated into the refined aGVHD risk score to further its ability to predict outcomes within this group.  | 
        
| Year of Publication |    :  
                  2018 
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| Journal |    :  
                  British journal of haematology 
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| Date Published |    :  
                  2018 
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| ISSN Number |    :  
                  0007-1048 
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| URL |    :  
                  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjh.15105 
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| DOI |    :  
                  10.1111/bjh.15105 
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| Short Title |    :  
                  Br J Haematol 
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