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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2024 Feb 15;204(5):1830–1837. doi: 10.1111/bjh.19334

Table 3.

Disease management and optimal responses in patients with iMCD-NOS

iMCD-IPL (n=101) iMCD-NOS w/o IPL (n=115) P

First-line treatment 0.073
 Thalidomide-based 50/101 (50%) 51/115 (44%)
 Bortezomib-based 20/101 (20%) 22/115 (19%)
 Tocilizumab 5/101 (5%) 2/115 (2%)
 Siltuximab 6/101 (6%) 1/115 (1%)
 Rituximab-based 5/101 (5%) 7/115 (6%)
 CHOP 9/101 (9%) 24/115 (21%)
Remission after first-line treatment 72/98 (73%) 68/99 (69%) 0.459
Ever response to thalidomide 0.043
 Remission 50/64 (78%) 31/51 (61%)
 Failure 14/64 (22%) 20/51 (39%)
Ever response to bortezomib 0.908
 Remission 35/43 (81%) 37/46 (80%)
 Failure 8/43 (19%) 9/46 (20%)
Ever response to rituximab 0.397
 Remission 5/10 (50%) 11/15 (73%)
 Failure 5/10 (50%) 4/15 (27%)
Thalidomide use in 0.006
First-line 50/64 (78%) 49/51 (96%)
 Later-line 14/64 (22%) 2/51 (4%)
Bortezomib use in 0.621
First-line 20/43 (47%) 19/46 (41%)
 Later-line 23/43 (53%) 27/46 (59%)
Rituximab use in 0.697
 First-line 5/10 (50%) 6/15 (40%)
 Later-line 5/10 (50%) 9/15 (60%)

Abbreviations: CHOP, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone

Significant P values are in bold.