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. 2023 May 15;13(1):78. doi: 10.1038/s41408-023-00852-4

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients surviving a minimum of 1, 3, 5, and 8 years from diagnosis.

Died < 1 year from diagnosis (N = 156) OS > 1 year from diagnosis (N = 2336) OS > 3 years from diagnosis (N = 1573) OS > 5 years from diagnosis (N = 977) OS > 8 years from diagnosis (N = 429)
a: Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients surviving a minimum of 1, 3, 5, and 8 years from diagnosis.
Age(years) Mean (SD) 70.5 (11.3) 63.2 (10.2) 62.4 (10.1) 61.5 (9.9) 59.5 (9.9)
Age ≥ 65 years 108 (69.2%) 1105 (47.3%) 687 (43.7%) 398 (40.7%) 139 (32.4%)
Sex (Male) 90 (57.7%) 1458 (62.4%) 957 (60.8%) 581 (59.5%) 247 (57.6%)
ISS
 Missing (N) 32 498 348 231 115
 ISS 1 11 (8.9%) 483 (26.3%) 347 (28.3%) 228 (30.6%) 106 (33.8%)
 ISS 2 35 (28.2%) 738 (40.2%) 506 (41.3%) 318 (42.6%) 137 (43.6%)
 ISS 3 78 (62.9%) 617 (33.6%) 372 (30.4%) 200 (26.8%) 71 (22.6%)
R-ISS
 Missing (N) 46 686 480 306 144
 R-ISS 1 7 (6.4%) 290 (17.6%) 217 (19.9%) 153 (22.8%) 78 (27.4%)
 R-ISS 2 57 (51.8%) 1103 (66.8%) 741 (67.8%) 451 (67.2%) 184 (64.6%)
 R-ISS 3 46 (41.8%) 257 (15.6%) 135 (12.4%) 67 (10.0%) 23 (8.1%)
BMPC% Mean (SD) 55.7 (30.2) 50.0 (25.9) 49.0 (25.6) 47.1 (25.3) 46.9 (25.7)
Missing (N) 14 231 156 114 61
Calcium ≥ 11 mg/dL 23 (18.5%) 187 (10.2%) 98 (8.0%) 48 (6.5%) 15 (5.0%)
Missing (N) 32 494 344 238 131
Creatinine ≥ 2 mg/dL 30 (24.4%) 281 (15.0%) 169 (13.3%) 78 (10.2%) 30 (9.8%)
Missing (N) 33 465 299 209 124
Albumin < 3.5 g/dL 89 (70.1%) 822 (46.3%) 520 (44.7%) 300 (42.9%) 132 (43.4%)
Missing (N) 29 561 409 277 125
B2M > 5.5 mcg/mL 77 (61.1%) 609 (30.4%) 371 (27.5%) 199 (23.5%) 71 (19.3%)
Missing (N) 30 330 223 131 61
Elevated LDH 39 (36.4%) 255 (15.5%) 156 (14.2%) 85 (12.5%) 34 (11.1%)
Missing (N) 49 688 476 297 124
Platelets < 150/mcL 42 (37.8%) 215 (18.1%) 136 (16.5%) 82 (15.1%) 29 (12.9%)
Missing (N) 45 1146 750 435 204
b: Cytogenetic characteristics and treatment regimens of patients surviving a minimum of 1, 3, 5 and 8 years from diagnosis.
Normal FISH 7 (4.5%) 128 (5.5%) 100 (6.4%) 69 (7.1%) 48 (11.2%)
HR IgH trans 45 (29.0%) 321 (14.0%) 185 (12.0%) 99 (10.3%) 28 (6.6%)
Missing (N) 1 42 29 15 2
HR IgH trans/ 1q gain/ Ch17 Abn 92 (75.4%) 892 (49.0%) 510 (44.1%) 250 (38.2%) 78 (29.7%)
Missing (N) 34 514 417 323 166
Double or Triple Hit 31 (50.8%) 174 (15.8%) 84 (11.5%) 33 (7.6%) 9 (4.6%)
Missing (N) 95 1232 843 540 235
1q gain 58 (52.7%) 514 (29.7%) 276 (25.5%) 109 (18.2%) 33 (13.8%)
Missing (N) 46 608 490 377 190
Myc Abn 14 (13.6%) 145 (8.6%) 83 (7.9%) 45 (7.7%) 11 (4.7%)
Missing (N) 53 642 517 393 194
13q del 16 (10.3%) 233 (10.2%) 137 (8.9%) 88 (9.1%) 30 (7.1%)
Missing (N) 0 43 30 11 4
Monosomy 13 75 (48.1%) 830 (36.2%) 539 (34.9%) 316 (32.7%) 124 (29.1%)
Missing (N) 0 42 30 12 3
Ch17 Abn 36 (23.1%) 288 (12.6%) 158 (10.3%) 86 (8.9%) 31 (7.3%)
Missing (N) 0 56 38 16 4
1st line Treatment
 Missing (N) 29 140 70 43 20
 IMiD 32 (25.2%) 683 (31.1%) 578 (38.5%) 446 (47.8%) 269 (65.8%)
 PI 51 (40.2%) 667 (30.4%) 474 (31.5%) 275 (29.4%) 63 (15.4%)
 PI+IMiD 25 (19.7%) 758 (34.5%) 388 (25.8%) 167 (17.9%) 51 (12.5%)
 Other 19 (15.0%) 88 (4.0%) 63 (4.2%) 46 (4.9%) 26 (6.4%)
SCT 21 (13.5%) 1376 (58.9%) 1023 (65.0%) 667 (68.3%) 288 (67.1%)
Early SCT 21 (13.5%) 1161 (49.7%) 834 (53.0%) 530 (54.2%) 209 (48.7%)

B2M Beta2microglobulin, BMPCs Bone marrow plasma cells, ISS International staging system, LDH Lactate dehydrogenase, N number, OS Overall survival, R-ISS Revised international staging system, SD Standard deviation. Abn Abnormality, Ch17 Chromosome 17, Del Deletion, FISH Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, HR High-risk, IMiD Immunomodulatory drug, N number, OS Overall survival, PI Proteasome inhibitor, SCT Stem cell transplant, trans translocation.