Health-related quality of life in transplant-ineligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: Findings from the phase III MAIA trial

Aurore Perrot, Thierry Facon, Torben Plesner, Saad Z. Usmani, Shaji Kumar, Nizar J. Bahlis, Cyrille Hulin, Robert Z. Orlowski, Hareth Nahi, Peter Mollee, Karthik Ramasamy, Murielle Roussel, Arnaud Jaccard, Michel Delforge, Lionel Karlin, Bertrand Arnulf, Ajai Chari, Jianming He, Kai Fai Ho, Rian van RampelberghClarissa M. Uhlar, Jianping Wang, Rachel Kobos, Katharine S. Gries, John Fastenau, Katja Weisel

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Abstract

PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of daratumumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (D-Rd) versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone (Rd) on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in the phase III MAIA study. PATIENTS AND METHODS PROs were assessed on the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30-item and the EuroQol 5-dimensional descriptive system at baseline and every 3 months during treatment. By mixed-effects model, changes from baseline are presented as least squares means with 95% CIs. RESULTS A total of 737 transplant-ineligible (TIE) patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma were randomly assigned to D-Rd (n 5 368) or Rd (n 5 369). Compliance with PRO assessments was high at baseline (. 90%) through month 12 (. 78%) for both groups. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30-item global health status scores improved from baseline in both groups and were consistently greater with D-Rd at all time points. A global health status benefit was achieved with D-Rd, regardless of age (, 75 and $ 75 years), baseline Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score, or depth of response. D-Rd treatment resulted in significantly greater reduction in pain scores as early as cycle 3 (P 5.0007 v Rd); the magnitude of change was sustained through cycle 12. Reductions in pain with D-Rd were clinically meaningful in patients regardless of age, ECOG status, or depth of response. Similarly, PRO improvements were observed with D-Rd and Rd on the EuroQol 5-dimensional descriptive system visual analog scale score. CONCLUSION D-Rd compared with Rd was associated with faster and sustained clinically meaningful improvements in PROs, including pain, in transplant-ineligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma regardless of age, baseline ECOG status, or depth of treatment response.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)227-237
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Clinical Oncology
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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