Abstract
The prognostic significance of novel agent-induced thrombocytopenia in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) is unknown. We identified 665 newly diagnosed patients receiving proteasome inhibitors and/or immunomodulators with pretreatment platelet counts ≥100,000/µL. Median progression-free survival (PFS) was 1.88 years (95% CI 1.48–2.38) for patients who developed treatment-related thrombocytopenia (<100,000/µL) within sixty days of initiation of first-line therapy, compared to 2.64 years (95% CI 2.39–2.78) in patients who did not (p =.042), while median overall survival (OS) was 5.70 years (95% CI 3.02–9.00) and 8.43 years (95% CI 6.62–9.17), respectively (p =.030). Platelet count reduction >70% from pretreatment baseline was similarly predictive of inferior PFS and OS. This is the first study to demonstrate the predictive and prognostic value of treatment-related thrombocytopenia in newly diagnosed MM.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2960-2967 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Leukemia and Lymphoma |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 15 2019 |
Keywords
- Multiple myeloma
- prognosis
- response
- survival
- thrombocytopenia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Oncology
- Cancer Research