Table 1.
Characteristic | No. of patients (n = 29) |
---|---|
Age, y | |
Median | 63 |
Range | 38-80 |
Male sex | 55 |
International Staging System stage | |
I | 10 (34) |
II | 15 (52) |
III | 4 (14) |
Albumin, g/dL | |
Median | 3.62 |
Range | 2.6-4.5 |
Paraprotein | |
IgG | 13 (45) |
IgA | 9 (31) |
Free light chain | 15 (52) |
Other (IgD and IgM) | 0 (0) |
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status | |
0 | 16 (55) |
1 | 11 (38) |
2 | 2 (7) |
No. of previous therapies | |
Median | 3 |
Range | 1-6 |
Type of therapy | |
Thalidomide only | 4 (14) |
Lenalidomide only | 13 (45) |
Lenalidomide + thalidomide | 11 (38) |
No previous thalidomide or lenalidomide | 1 (3) |
Bortezomib | 19 (66) |
Autologous stem cell transplantation | 20 (69) |
IgG indicates immunoglobulin G; and IgA, immunoglobulin A.