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Bloodstream infections exacerbate incidence and severity of symptomatic glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Osteonecrosis is a common toxicity associated with glucocorticoid (e.g., dexamethasone and prednisone) treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but risk factors are incompletely defined. Infections are also a common complication of ALL therapy. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is used experimentally to mimic infection-related systemic effects. To our knowledge, the contribution of systemic infections to the risk of glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis has not been investigated.

Procedure

Patients with ALL on St. Jude Total Therapy XV (n = 365) were assessed for documented bacteremia prior to development of osteonecrosis, which was confirmed by MRI, and graded using the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology for Adverse Events (version 3.0). In a preclinical model, Balb/cJ mice treated with dexamethasone plus or minus LPS were assessed for frequency and severity of osteonecrosis and arteriopathy.

Results

We found that patients with ALL who experienced bacteremia had a higher frequency of symptomatic osteonecrosis (≥grade 2) than those who did not (OR: 1.88; 95% CI, 1.03-3.41, P = 0.038). LPS exacerbated experimental dexamethasone-induced osteonecrosis. Mice treated with dexamethasone plus LPS had a higher incidence of osteonecrosis (P = 0.00086) and arteriopathy (P = 0.0047) than did those treated with dexamethasone alone, and the severity of osteonecrosis (P = 0.00045) and arteriopathy (P = 0.0048) was also more pronounced with the addition of LPS treatment. The increase in osteonecrosis was not explained by any alteration of dexamethasone pharmacokinetics by LPS.

Conclusions

These data identify systemic infection during ALL therapy as a novel risk factor in the development of glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis.

SUBMITTER: Finch ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472979 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bloodstream infections exacerbate incidence and severity of symptomatic glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis.

Finch Emily R ER   Janke Laura J LJ   Smith Colton A CA   Karol Seth E SE   Pei Deqing D   Cheng Cheng C   Kaste Sue C SC   Inaba Hiroto H   Pui Ching-Hon CH   Wolf Joshua J   Relling Mary V MV  

Pediatric blood & cancer 20190213 6


<h4>Background</h4>Osteonecrosis is a common toxicity associated with glucocorticoid (e.g., dexamethasone and prednisone) treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but risk factors are incompletely defined. Infections are also a common complication of ALL therapy. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is used experimentally to mimic infection-related systemic effects. To our knowledge, the contribution of systemic infections to the risk of glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis has not bee  ...[more]

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