O'Donnell Elizabeth, Gift Thais, Yousif Zaid, Khandelwal Nikhil, Desai Raj, Huynh Lynn, Clear Louise, Pinaire Megan, Ye Mingchen, Banatwala Azeem, Belsky Gregory, Hsieh Yichuan Grace, Herrick Christopher, Duh Mei Sheng, Murphy Shawn N, Sanchirico Marie
Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Blood Adv. 2025 Aug 12;9(15):3780-3789. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015477.
This study assessed the real-world effectiveness of immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT) for treatment of hypogammaglobulinemia and infections in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). A retrospective study was conducted on adult patients diagnosed with MM on or after 1 January 2010 using the Mass General Brigham Research Patient Data Registry. Infections were compared before and after IgRT initiation. Generalized estimating equation logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). In patients with accessible serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) test results, a Natural Language Processing program supported the extraction of immunoglobulin G (IgG) data. The IgG assessments and incidence of hypogammaglobulinemia (defined as IgG level <500 mg/dL) were compared before and after IgRT initiation. The results were reported using descriptive statistics. A total of 6062 patients with MM were identified (56.2% male; median age, 65.0 years). Of the 6062 patients, 471 (7.8%) received ≥1 IgRT administrations. At 3 months, significantly lower odds of infections (OR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.56-0.89; P = .0004) were observed after IgRT initiation than before IgRT. Among patients with accessible SPEP results (n = 3405), 3231 (94.9%) underwent ≥1 IgG test with a median of 18.0 (interquartile range, 7.0-40.0) IgG tests per patient. Hypogammaglobulinemia was experienced by 2075 of the 3231 patients (64.2%) who had ≥1 IgG test. Significantly fewer patients had hypogammaglobulinemia after IgRT initiation. In conclusion, IgRT use was associated with significant reductions in hypogammaglobulinemia and infections. Although IgRT is currently used for MM treatment, there is potential to optimize its dosing and treatment duration to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with infections.
本研究评估了免疫球蛋白替代疗法(IgRT)在治疗多发性骨髓瘤(MM)患者低丙种球蛋白血症和感染方面的真实疗效。利用麻省总医院布莱根医疗中心研究患者数据登记处,对2010年1月1日及以后确诊为MM的成年患者进行了一项回顾性研究。比较了IgRT开始前后的感染情况。使用广义估计方程逻辑回归模型计算比值比(OR)和95%置信区间(CI)。对于可获取血清蛋白电泳(SPEP)检测结果的患者,一个自然语言处理程序辅助提取免疫球蛋白G(IgG)数据。比较了IgRT开始前后的IgG评估结果和低丙种球蛋白血症(定义为IgG水平<500mg/dL)的发生率。结果采用描述性统计报告。共确定了6062例MM患者(男性占56.2%;中位年龄65.0岁)。在这6062例患者中,471例(7.8%)接受了≥1次IgRT治疗。在3个月时,观察到IgRT开始后感染的几率显著低于IgRT开始前(OR,0.71;95%CI,0.56 - 0.89;P = 0.0004)。在有可获取SPEP结果的患者(n = 3405)中,3231例(94.9%)接受了≥1次IgG检测,每位患者的IgG检测中位数为18.0次(四分位间距,7.0 - 40.0)。在进行了≥1次IgG检测的3231例患者中,2075例(64.2%)出现了低丙种球蛋白血症。IgRT开始后出现低丙种球蛋白血症的患者明显减少。总之,使用IgRT与低丙种球蛋白血症和感染的显著减少相关。虽然IgRT目前用于MM治疗,但仍有可能优化其剂量和治疗持续时间,以降低与感染相关的发病率和死亡率。