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Graft versus Host Disease (GVHD) is frequent after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT). GVHD occurs following 2 patterns : acute GVHD (aGVHD) or chronic GVHD (cGVHD). The latter occurs in nearly 50% of patients and its pathogenesis remains poorly understood. Previous translational studies have delineated biological immune dysregulation involved in cGVHD and facilitated the development of new drug and therapeutic strategies. New aspects of T and B cells collaboration in the context of cGVHD using blood description of a key player called TFH, classicaly involved in germinal center reaction, were previously uncovered (Forcade et al, Blood 2016). Previous studies in the context of auto-immune inflammation (lupus nephritis) or organ transplant rejection, suggested that target tissue could contain accessory lymphoid structures (TLS). The description of such structures in cGVHD target tissue would give the opportunity to directly analyze immune key player involved the pathogenesis of cGVHD.


Clinical Trial Description

Context : Chronic Graft versus Host Disease (cGVHD) represents the main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT), occurring in 30 and 60%. Translational studies showed that different alloreactive T cell subsets were involved and associated with cGVHD, and regulatory subsets were deficient. Several homeostatic abnormalities of B cell subsets were also shown, which, in the context of high BAFF level, contributed to autoreactive B cell clone emergence. In alloSCT patients, we observed (Forcade et al, Blood 2016) in the blood, a T cell subset called TFH, with B cell help capacity, similar to germinal center reaction. During cGVHD, blood TFH were highly activated, skewed toward a Th1/Th17 profile, and presented enhanced capacity to provide " help " to B cells, promoting auto-/allo-antibody production in the context of cGVHD. This was associated with increased level of CXCL13 in such patients, suggesting homing of this subset to lymphoid tissues. Liarski et al (Sci Trans Med 2014) showed that TFH were observed in inflamed tissue sample from patients with lupus, and demonstrated close interaction with B cells, mimicking germinal center structures, such as tertiary lymphoid organs. Preliminary data, on cGVHD tissue target, showed a CD4+ T cell infiltrate, of which some expressed CXCR5, ICOS, PD1 in single staining. Hypothesis : cGVHD target tissue contains tertiary lymphoid structures. ;


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NCT number NCT06247150
Study type Interventional
Source University Hospital, Bordeaux
Contact Edouard FORCADE
Email edouard.forcade@chu-bordeaux.fr
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date February 2024
Completion date March 2026

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