Test method for evaluating the risk of anti-thyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis, and evaluation kit

A method for determining the risk of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis in a subject with hyperthyroidism, and treating hyperthyroidism in a subject who has been determined to have a low risk of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis, comprising

• (1) a step of using a sample derived from a subject and testing polymorphism present in the HLA region, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of
• A) polymorphism at the 501st nucleotide in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
• 1 (G>T*),
• B) polymorphism at the 201st nucleotide in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
• 2 (C>T*),
• C) polymorphism at the 501st nucleotide in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
• 3 (C>T*),
• D) polymorphism at the 501st nucleotide in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
• 4 (T*>G),
• E) polymorphism at the 501st nucleotide in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
• (C>T*),
• wherein parentheses show reference allele>variant allele, * is risk allele, the other is non-risk allele, G, A, T and C are guanine, adenine, thymine and cytosine, respectively, and
• F) polymorphism in linkage disequilibrium with the polymorphism of the above-mentioned A), which is a polymorphism selected from the group consisting of rs28362683, rs10947262, rs4959028, rs6930615, rs732162, rs9501626, rs3135392, rs8084, rs2239806, rs7192, rs3129888, rs7195, rs1051336, rs1041885, rs2213586, rs2213585, rs9268832, rs6903608, rs9268877, rs9268880, rs9268979, rs9269110, rs1964995, rs4713555 and rs7744001, or polymorphism at a position encoding the amino acid at position 74 of HLA-DRB1*08:03 or HLA-DRB1*08:02,
• G) polymorphism in linkage disequilibrium with the polymorphism of the above-mentioned B), which is the polymorphism rs2596487, or polymorphism at a position encoding the amino acid at position 116 or position 158 of HLA-B*39:01 or HLA-B*38:02,
• H) polymorphism in linkage disequilibrium with the polymorphism of the above-mentioned C), which is a polymorphism selected from the group consisting of rs1633041, rs1737041, rs1002046, rs1610644, rs1633011, rs1630969, rs1632988, rs1632987, rs1736971, rs1736969, rs1610663, rs1610699, rs11753629, rs1736957, rs1620173, rs1619379, rs2735028 and rs1049033, and
• I) polymorphism in linkage disequilibrium with the polymorphism of the above-mentioned C), which is a polymorphism selected from the group consisting of rs2395148 and rs12524661,
• (2) a step of determining the risk of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis based on the test results of (1), and
• (3) a step of administering an antithyroid drug selected from the group consisting of carbimazole, methimazole and propylthiouracil to a subject determined to have a low risk of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis based on the determination of (2).

A method for determining the risk of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis in a subject with hyperthyroidism, and treating hyperthyroidism in a subject who has been determined to have a low risk of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis, comprising

• (1) a step of using a sample derived from a subject and testing the following (a) and/or (b):
• (a) whether the amino acid at position 74 of HLA-DRB1 protein is Leu
• (b) whether the amino acid at position 116 of HLA-B protein is Phe, or the amino acid at position 158 of HLA-B protein is Ala,
• (2) a step of determining the risk of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis based on the test results of (1), and
• (3) a step of administering an antithyroid drug selected from the group consisting of carbimazole, methimazole and propylthiouracil to a subject determined to have a low risk of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis based on the determination of (2), who is characterized in that
• (c) the amino acid at position 74 of HLA-DRB1 protein is not Leu, and/or
• (d) the amino acid at position 116 of HLA-B protein is not Phe, or the amino acid at position 158 is Ala.