MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey.
Cancer. 2020 Dec 1;126(23):5077-5087. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33171. Epub 2020 Sep 23.
Upfront autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHCT) remains an important therapy in the management of patients with multiple myeloma (MM), a disease of older adults.
The authors investigated the outcomes of AHCT in patients with MM who were aged ≥70 years. The Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) database registered 15,999 patients with MM in the United States within 12 months of diagnosis during 2013 through 2017; a total of 2092 patients were aged ≥70 years. Nonrecurrence mortality (NRM), disease recurrence and/or progression (relapse; REL), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) were modeled using Cox proportional hazards models with age at transplantation as the main effect. Because of the large sample size, a P value <.01 was considered to be statistically significant a priori.
An increase in AHCT was noted in 2017 (28%) compared with 2013 (15%) among patients aged ≥70 years. Although approximately 82% of patients received melphalan (Mel) at a dose of 200 mg/m overall, 58% of the patients aged ≥70 years received Mel at a dose of 140 mg/m . On multivariate analysis, patients aged ≥70 years demonstrated no difference with regard to NRM (hazard ratio [HR] 1.3; 99% confidence interval [99% CI], 1-1.7 [P = .06]), REL (HR, 1.03; 99% CI, 0.9-1.1 [P = 0.6]), PFS (HR, 1.06; 99% CI, 1-1.2 [P = 0.2]), and OS (HR, 1.2; 99% CI, 1-1.4 [P = .02]) compared with the reference group (those aged 60-69 years). In patients aged ≥70 years, Mel administered at a dose of 140 mg/m was found to be associated with worse outcomes compared with Mel administered at a dose of 200 mg/m , including day 100 NRM (1% [95% CI, 1%-2%] vs 0% [95% CI, 0%-1%]; P = .003]), 2-year PFS (64% [95% CI, 60%-67%] vs 69% [95% CI, 66%-73%]; P = .003), and 2-year OS (85% [95% CI, 82%-87%] vs 89% [95% CI, 86%-91%]; P = .01]), likely representing frailty.
The results of the current study demonstrated that AHCT remains an effective consolidation therapy among patients with MM across all age groups.
upfront 自体造血干细胞移植(AHCT)仍然是多发性骨髓瘤(MM)患者治疗的重要方法,MM 是一种老年疾病。
作者研究了≥70 岁 MM 患者 AHCT 的结果。美国国际血液和骨髓移植研究中心(CIBMTR)数据库在 2013 年至 2017 年期间登记了 15999 例在美国确诊后 12 个月内的 MM 患者;共有 2092 例患者年龄≥70 岁。非复发死亡率(NRM)、疾病复发和/或进展(relapse;REL)、无进展生存期(PFS)和总生存期(OS)采用 Cox 比例风险模型进行建模,移植时的年龄为主要因素。由于样本量较大,预先认为 P 值<.01 具有统计学意义。
与 2013 年(15%)相比,≥70 岁患者的 AHCT 在 2017 年有所增加(28%)。尽管总体上约 82%的患者接受了美法仑(Mel)剂量为 200mg/m2,但 58%的≥70 岁患者接受了 Mel 剂量为 140mg/m2。多变量分析显示,≥70 岁患者的 NRM(危险比 [HR] 1.3;99%置信区间 [99%CI],1-1.7 [P=0.06])、REL(HR,1.03;99%CI,0.9-1.1 [P=0.6])、PFS(HR,1.06;99%CI,1-1.2 [P=0.2])和 OS(HR,1.2;99%CI,1-1.4 [P=0.02])与参考组(年龄 60-69 岁)相比无差异。在≥70 岁的患者中,与 200mg/m2 相比,140mg/m2 剂量的 Mel 与更差的结局相关,包括第 100 天的 NRM(1%[95%CI,1%-2%] vs 0%[95%CI,0%-1%];P=0.003])、2 年 PFS(64%[95%CI,60%-67%] vs 69%[95%CI,66%-73%];P=0.003])和 2 年 OS(85%[95%CI,82%-87%] vs 89%[95%CI,86%-91%];P=0.01]),这可能与虚弱有关。
本研究结果表明,AHCT 仍然是所有年龄组 MM 患者的有效巩固治疗方法。