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. 2012 Mar 26;119(20):4608–4613. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-12-395715

Table 1.

Patient demographics and baseline clinical characteristics

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.