Fecal microbiota diversity disruption and clinical outcomes after auto-HCT: A multicenter observational study Journal Article


Authors: Khan, N.; Lindner, S.; Gomes, A. L. C.; Devlin, S. M.; Shah, G. L.; Sung, A. D.; Sauter, C. S.; Landau, H. J.; Dahi, P. B.; Perales, M. A.; Chung, D. J.; Lesokhin, A. M.; Dai, A.; Clurman, A.; Slingerland, J. B.; Slingerland, A. E.; Brereton, D. G.; Giardina, P. A.; Maloy, M.; Armijo, G. K.; Rondon-Clavo, C.; Fontana, E.; Bohannon, L.; Ramalingam, S.; Bush, A. T.; Lew, M. V.; Messina, J. A.; Littmann, E.; Taur, Y.; Jenq, R. R.; Chao, N. J.; Giralt, S.; Markey, K. A.; Pamer, E. G.; van den Brink, M. R. M.; Peled, J. U.
Article Title: Fecal microbiota diversity disruption and clinical outcomes after auto-HCT: A multicenter observational study
Abstract: We previously described clinically relevant reductions in fecal microbiota diversity in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Recipients of high-dose chemotherapy and autologous HCT (auto-HCT) incur similar antibiotic exposures and nutritional alterations. To characterize the fecal microbiota in the auto-HCT population, we analyzed 1161 fecal samples collected from 534 adult recipients of auto-HCT for lymphoma, myeloma, and amyloidosis in an observational study conducted at 2 transplantation centers in the United States. By using 16S ribosomal gene sequencing, we assessed fecal microbiota composition and diversity, as measured by the inverse Simpson index. At both centers, the diversity of early pretransplant fecal microbiota was lower in patients than in healthy controls and decreased further during the course of transplantation. Loss of diversity and domination by specific bacterial taxa occurred during auto-HCT in patterns similar to those with allo-HCT. Above-median fecal intestinal diversity in the periengraftment period was associated with decreased risk of death or progression (progression-free survival hazard ratio, 0.46; 95% confidence interval, 0.26-0.82; P =.008), adjusting for disease and disease status. This suggests that further investigation into the health of the intestinal microbiota in auto-HCT patients and posttransplant outcomes should be undertaken. © 2021 American Society of Hematology Key Points: • Microbiota injury is observed in recipients of auto-HCT. • Lower periengraftment diversity in fecal samples is associated with worse overall and progression-free survival in auto-HCT patients. © 2021 American Society of Hematology
Keywords: adult; cancer chemotherapy; cancer survival; controlled study; gene sequence; major clinical study; busulfan; united states; gemcitabine; cytarabine; ibritumomab tiuxetan; rituximab; follow up; progression free survival; multiple myeloma; etoposide; cohort analysis; bendamustine; cyclophosphamide; melphalan; amyloidosis; carmustine; thiotepa; hodgkin disease; nonhodgkin lymphoma; neutrophil; immunoglobulin g; multicenter study; transplantation conditioning; allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; observational study; intestine flora; rna 16s; graft recipient; sample; immunoglobulin a; clinical outcome; microbial diversity; human; male; female; priority journal; article; fecal microbiota transplantation; bacteriotherapy
Journal Title: Blood
Volume: 137
Issue: 11
ISSN: 0006-4971
Publisher: American Society of Hematology  
Date Published: 2021-03-18
Start Page: 1527
End Page: 1537
Language: English
DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020006923
PUBMED: 33512409
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC7976512
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 1 April 2021 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Sergio Andres Giralt
    965 Giralt
  2. Craig Steven Sauter
    332 Sauter
  3. Miguel-Angel Perales
    820 Perales
  4. Heather Jolie Landau
    363 Landau
  5. Ying Taur
    142 Taur
  6. Alexander Meyer Lesokhin
    305 Lesokhin
  7. David Chung
    200 Chung
  8. Molly Anna Maloy
    267 Maloy
  9. Sean McCarthy Devlin
    553 Devlin
  10. Parastoo Bahrami Dahi
    253 Dahi
  11. Jonathan U Peled
    137 Peled
  12. Gunjan Lalitchandra Shah
    329 Shah
  13. Niloufer Khan
    48 Khan
  14. Emily Fontana
    31 Fontana
  15. Antonio LC Gomes
    46 Gomes
  16. Kate Ann Markey
    38 Markey
  17. Annelie G Clurman
    27 Clurman
  18. Gabriel Armijo
    16 Armijo
  19. Anqi Dai
    22 Dai