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. 2025 Apr 15;122(2):231–246. doi: 10.1007/s12185-025-03972-8

Table 2.

Clinical outcomes by SCT status in patients with NDMM, overall and by region

Overall (N = 1511) Argentina (n = 59) East Asia (n = 565) Russia (n = 387) Saudi Arabia (n = 48) South Africa (n = 104) Türkiye (n = 348)
SCT (n = 479) Non-SCT (n = 987) SCT (n = 34) Non-SCT (n = 24) SCT (n = 167) Non-SCT (n = 392) SCT (n = 35) Non-SCT (n = 352) SCT (n = 32) Non-SCT (n = 14) SCT (n = 41) Non-SCT (n = 61) SCT (n = 170) Non-SCT (n = 144)
Best clinical response to first-line treatment, n (%)
 sCR 15 (3.1) 10 (1.0) 1 (2.9) 0 7 (4.2) 5 (1.3) 1 (2.9) 4 (1.1) 5 (15.6) 1 (7.1) 0 0 1 (0.6) 0
 CR 146 (30.5) 195 (19.8) 4 (11.8) 3 (12.5) 48 (28.7) 66 (16.8) 18 (51.4) 78 (22.2) 23 (71.9) 2 (14.3) 2 (4.9) 10 (16.4) 51 (30.0) 36 (25.0)
 VGPR 109 (22.8) 193 (19.6) 18 (52.9) 7 (29.2) 44 (26.3) 78 (19.9) 3 (8.6) 92 (26.1) 2 (6.3) 2 (14.3) 14 (34.1) 8 (13.1) 28 (16.5) 6 (4.2)
 PR 138 (28.8) 245 (24.8) 8 (23.5) 8 (33.3) 55 (32.9) 113 (28.8) 7 (20.0) 77 (21.9) 2 (6.3) 2 (14.3) 22 (53.7) 13 (21.3) 44 (25.9) 32 (22.2)
 MR 4 (0.8) 27 (2.7) 0 0 2 (1.2) 16 (4.1) 0 4 (1.1) 0 0 0 1 (1.6) 2 (1.2) 6 (4.2)
 SD 22 (4.6) 136 (13.8) 2 (5.9) 3 (12.5) 8 (4.8) 55 (14.0) 1 (2.9) 62 (17.6) 0 1 (7.1) 2 (4.9) 3 (4.9) 9 (5.3) 12 (8.3)
 PD 3 (0.6) 67 (6.8) 0 2 (8.3) 0 24 (6.1) 0 17 (4.8) 0 6 (42.9) 1 (2.4) 16 (26.2) 2 (1.2) 2 (1.4)
Best clinical response to second-line treatment, n (%)
 sCR 5 (2.5) 0 2 (14.3) 0 2 (2.2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2.1) 0
 CR 52 (25.9) 87 (20.2) 2 (14.3) 1 (7.1) 23 (25.6) 14 (8.5) 4 (36.4) 53 (33.1) 5 (38.5) 2 (50.0) 5 (20.0) 2 (5.7) 13 (27.1) 15 (28.8)
 VGPR 40 (19.9) 103 (24.0) 7 (50.0) 3 (21.4) 17 (18.9) 31 (18.8) 5 (45.5) 66 (41.3) 0 1 (25.0) 5 (20.0) 0 6 (12.5) 2 (3.8)
 PR 42 (20.9) 78 (18.1) 0 2 (14.3) 24 (26.7) 35 (21.2) 1 (9.1) 24 (15.0) 4 (30.8) 0 9 (36.0) 13 (37.1) 4 (8.3) 4 (7.7)
 MR 9 (4.5) 12 (2.8) 0 1 (7.1) 7 (7.8) 5 (3.0) 0 3 (1.9) 1 (7.7) 0 0 1 (2.9) 1 (2.1) 2 (3.8)
 SD 12 (6.0) 36 (8.4) 1 (7.1) 3 (21.4) 6 (6.7) 24 (14.5) 0 6 (3.8) 0 0 5 (20.0) 3 (8.6) 0 0
 PD 12 (6.0) 41 (9.5) 1 (7.1) 1 (7.1) 6 (6.7) 21 (12.7) 1 (9.1) 3 (1.9) 2 (15.4) 1 (25.0) 0 15 (42.9) 2 (4.2) 0
Best clinical response to third-line treatment, n (%)
 sCR 3 (3.8) 0 1 (9.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (11.1) 0 0 0
 CR 13 (16.3) 47 (32.4) 1 (9.1) 1 (20.0) 5 (13.2) 4 (6.7) 1 (50.0) 36 (78.3) 0 0 4 (22.2) 0 2 (20.0) 6 (28.6)
 VGPR 11 (13.8) 15 (10.3) 4 (36.4) 0 5 (13.2) 7 (11.7) 0 6 (13.0) 0 0 2 (11.1) 1 (9.1) 0 1 (4.8)
 PR 20 (25.0) 22 (15.2) 1 (9.1) 2 (40.0) 13 (34.2) 17 (28.3) 0 1 ( 2.2) 1 (100) 0 5 (27.8) 2 (18.2) 0 0
 MR 5 (6.3) 2 (1.4) 0 0 5 (13.2) 2 (3.3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 SD 6 (7.5) 16 (11.0) 1 (9.1) 1 (20.0) 3 (7.9) 8 (13.3) 0 2 (4.3) 0 0 2 (11.1) 5 (45.5) 0 0
 PD 9 (11.3) 18 (12.4) 2 (18.2) 1 (20.0) 5 (13.2) 10 (16.7) 1 (50.0) 1 (2.2) 0 2 (100) 1 (5.6) 3 (27.3) 0 1 (4.8)
Patients with any documented clinical response from first-line treatment, n (%) 423 (88.3) 727 (73.7) 34 (100) 19 (79.2) 159 (95.2) 293 (74.7) 30 (85.7) 288 (81.8) 32 (100) 8 (57.1) 39 (95.1) 35 (57.4) 129 (75.9) 84 (58.3)
Median time difference between first response and first relapse/disease progression (IQR), months 24.7 (10.2–46.3) 10.8 (1.3–26.9) 47.7 (9.9–65.8) 1.0 (0.3–20.9) 22.3 (10.5–42.3) 5.7 (1.0–19.0) 7.9 (3.6–15.1) 23.6 (9.1–33.0) 39.0 (28.7–76.9) 26.8 (-8.5–59.2) 30.1 (16.6–48.5) 10.2 (1.0–25.3) 19.6 (9.1–41.1) 2.8 (1.3–18.5)
Any documented relapse or disease progression after first-line treatment, n (%) 207 (43.2) 434 (44.0) 14 (41.2) 10 (41.7) 89 (53.3) 184 (46.9) 12 (34.3) 138 (39.2) 15 (46.9) 9 (64.3) 28 (68.3) 42 (68.9) 49 (28.8) 51 (35.4)
Relapse-free rate post first-line treatment, % (95% CI)
 1-year 94.2 (91.7–96.0) 88.4 (86.1–90.3) 93.9 (77.9–98.4) 87.1 (65.2–95.7) 92.6 (87.3–95.7) 84.3 (79.8–87.8) 85.7 (69.0–93.8) 96.2 (93.6–97.8) 100 (100–100) 92.3 (56.6–98.9) 92.6 (78.7–97.5) 83.3 (71.1–90.6) 97.0 (92.9–98.7) 80.1 (72.2–86.0)
 2-year 80.5 (76.5–83.8) 75.5 (72.4–78.3) 90.7 (73.8–96.9) 78.0 (54.8–90.2) 73.8 (66.2–80.0) 67.3 (61.6–72.5) 71.2 (53.1–83.4) 86.2 (82.0–89.5) 90.5 (73.4–96.8) 92.3 (56.6–98.9) 78.6 (61.5–88.7) 63.7 (49.4–75.0) 85.4 (78.8–90.0) 68.8 (59.6–76.4)
 5-year 58.2 (53.2–62.9) 49.3 (45.4–53.1) 66.4 (44.6–81.3) 57.2 (33.4–75.3) 47.2 (38.8–55.1) 35.6 (29.1–42.0) 68.2 (50.0–81.0) 60.0 (54.0–65.4) 68.4 (47.8–82.2) 59.3 (15.7–86.3) 22.3 (9.30–38.8) 29.4 (15.5–44.8) 71.4 (63.1–78.2) 57.1 (46.5–66.3)
Relapse-free rate post first SCT, % (95% CI)
 1-year 85.2 (81.6–88.2) 90.3 (72.8–96.8) - 79.6 (72.4–85.1) - 77.1 (59.5–87.9) - 93.6 (76.9–98.4) - 88.9 (73.0–95.7) - 89.1 (83.1–93.1) -
 2-year 74.3 (69.9–78.2) 83.1 (63.9–92.6) - 66.2 (58.1–73.1) - 68.2 (50.0–81.0) - 86.9 (68.8–94.9) - 68.2 (49.9–81.0) - 81.1 (73.8–86.6) -
 5-year 54.9 (49.8–59.8) 60.4 (38.2–76.7) - 45.4 (37.0–53.4) - 65.0 (46.6–78.4) - 60.2 (39.4–75.9) - 21.7 (8.94–38.0) - 68.3 (59.5–75.6) -
Median OS (95% CI) 114.1 (106.2–NR) 85.9 (79.2–97.1) 82.6 (54.3–104.8) 64.1 (49.8–71.5) NR 60.0 (54.7–68.1) NR NR NR (91.4–NR) 51.4 (11.7–NR) 84.6 (52.0–NR) 38.0 (27.6–48.5) NR (97.7– NR) 115.4 (82.1–NR)
OS rate after start of first-line treatment, % (95% CI)
 1-year 96.2 (94.0–97.6) 90.1 (88.1–91.9) 91.2 (75.1–97.1) 91.5 (70.0–97.8) 95.1 (90.5–97.5) 84.2 (80.0–87.6) 100 (100–100) 96.6 (94.1–98.0) 100 (100–100) 76.9 (44.2–91.9) 92.7 (79.0–97.6) 85.2 (73.6–92.0) 97.6 (93.8–99.1) 92.8 (87.1–96.1)
 2-year 89.7 (86.6–92.1) 83.5 (81.0–85.8) 85.3 (68.2–93.6) 87.1 (65.2–95.7) 89.4 (83.5–93.3) 75.9 (71.0–80.1) 97.1 (80.9–99.6) 93.7 (90.6–95.8) 100 (100–100) 61.5 (30.8–81.8) 85.3 (70.2–93.1) 70.0 (56.6–79.9) 90.3 (84.6–93.9) 84.5 (76.9–89.7)
 5-year 73.5 (69.1–77.4) 64.6 (61.2–67.9) 67.1 (48.4–80.2) 56.6 (34.4–73.8) 73.7 (65.9–80.0) 50.5 (44.2–56.4) 93.9 (77.8–98.4) 85.2 (80.8–88.6) 91.7 (53.9–98.8) 42.2 (14.9–67.7) 59.4 (41.5–73.4) 26.2 (15.7–38.0) 72.9 (65.0–79.3) 65.0 (55.2–73.1)

There were 45 patients with NDMM (Argentina: 1, East Asia: 6, Saudi Arabia: 2, South Africa: 2, Türkiye: 34), in whom the status of SCT at MM diagnosis was reported as ‘unknown’ and these are not included in the above table

CI confidence interval, CR complete response, IQR interquartile range, MR minimal response, NDMM newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, NR not reached, OS overall survival, PD progressive disease, PR partial response, sCR stringent complete response, SCT stem cell transplantation, SD stable disease, VGPR very good partial response