EBMT−NIH−CIBMTR Task Force position statement on standardized terminology & guidance for graft-versus-host disease assessment
on behalf of the EBMT (European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation) Transplant Complications Working Party and the “EBMT−NIH (National Institutes of Health)−CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research) GvHD Task Force”, Helene M. Schoemans, Stephanie J. Lee and 12 more
Bone Marrow Transplantation · 2018
doi:10.1038/s41409-018-0204-7 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
Several international recommendations address the assessment of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). This position statement by GvHD experts from the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) reviews the existing guidelines for both acute and chronic GvHD, addresses potential confusions that arise in daily practice and proposes consensus definitions for many key terms. We provide a historical perspective on the currently available guidelines and recommend the Mount Sinai Acute GvHD International Consortium (MAGIC) criteria for acute GvHD and the NIH 2014 criteria for chronic GvHD as the most comprehensive and detailed criteria available. This statement also offers practical guidance for the implementation of these recommendations and a set of consensus definitions for commonly used GvHD terms in order to facilitate future clinical and translational research. To assist the dissemination of these recommendations, a web-application based on this position statement is available ( https://www.uzleuven.be/egvhd ). We believe that adherence to a common set of GvHD assessment criteria is vitally important to improve the quality of data, compare results of retrospective studies and prospective clinical trials, and make therapeutic recommendations based on quality evidence.
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Schematic representation of the types of GvHD and their onset: a Types of GvHD; b Types of acute GvHD onset and c Types of chronic GvHD onset. DLI donor lymphocyte infusion, GvHD graft versus host disease, GI gastro-intestinal tract, HCT hematopoietic cell transplantation, ≠ Controlled, inactive or resolved, * whichever happened last, Δ GvHD onset.
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