Heterogeneity in long term outcomes for R-ISS stage II in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients

Anais Schavgoulidze, Valerie Lauwers-Cances, Aurore Perrot, Titouan Cazaubiel, Marie-Lorraine Chretien, Philippe Moreau, Thierry Facon, Xavier Leleu, Lionel Karlin, Anne-Marie Stoppa, Olivier Decaux, Karim Belhadj (+18 others)
2022
In the era of personalized treatment in multiple myeloma, high-risk patients must be accurately defined. The International Myeloma Working Group recommends using the Revised International Staging System (R-ISS) to identify high-risk patients. The main purpose of our work was to explore the heterogeneity of outcome among R-ISS stage II patients assessing the impact of ISS, chromosomal abnormalities (CA) and LDH level in this subgroup. Data were issued from 1,343 newly diagnosed myeloma patients
more » ... p to 65 years, enrolled in 3 clinical trials implemented by the Intergroupe Francophone du Myelome. All patients were eligible to an intensive treatment. Patients R-ISS stage II but ISS stage I had 1.6 times more risk of death than patients R-ISS stage I (adjusted HR 1.6; 95% CI, 1.1 to 2.2; P = .01) and patients R-ISS stage II but ISS stage III had a better overall survival than patients R-ISS stage III (adjusted HR 0.7; 95% CI, 0.4 to 0.9, P = .02). However, among patients classified in R-ISS II, ISS stage and CA (del(17p) and t(4;14)) were still relevant prognostic factors for death. Dividing R-ISS stage II into 3 subgroups: ISS I with standard risk CA, ISS II or III with standard risk CA and, high risk CA patients, median overall survivals were respectively not reached, 112 and 71 months (P < 0.001). In conclusion, stratification of patients in the R-ISS stage II group can be improved by taking into account CA and ISS. However, this does not improve predictive performance of survival models.
doi:10.3324/haematol.2021.280566 pmid:36172814 fatcat:bpjny3v7kfei7dcpms2dvhxwfu