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. 2013 Oct 13;22(2):417–426. doi: 10.1007/s00520-013-1991-4

Table 2.

Treatment history

Variable Overall (N = 154) Asymptomatic (n = 17) Mildly symptomatic (n = 48) Moderately symptomatic (n = 50) Severely symptomatic (n = 39)
Currently (past 30 days) receiving MM therapy (n (%)) 80 (52) 7 (41) 19 (40) 33 (66) 21 (54)
Type of current MM therapy (n (%))
 Bortezomib containing 37 (46) 3 (43) 7 (37) 19 (58) 8 (38)
 Lenalidomide containing 17 (21) 3 (43) 4 (21) 6 (18) 4 (19)
 Thalidomide containing 15 (19) 1 (14) 6 (32) 4 (12) 4 (19)
 Alkylating agents containing 8 (10) 0 2 (11) 4 (12) 2 (10)
 Other 3 (4) 0 0 0 3 (14)
Number of prior MM therapies in the past 12 months (n (%))
 0 88 (57) 11 (65) 29 (60) 28 (56) 20 (51)
 1 49 (32) 3 (18) 15 (31) 18 (36) 13 (33)
 2 13 (8) 3 (18) 3 (6) 3 (6) 4 (10)
 ≥3 4 (3) 0 1 (2) 1 (2) 2 (5)
Type of prior MM therapy in the past 12 months (n (%))
 Bortezomib containing 28 (18) 5 (29) 4 (8) 9 (18) 10 (26)
 Lenalidomide containing 3 (2) 0 1 (2) 2 (4) 0
 Thalidomide containing 31 (20) 2 (12) 12 (25) 9 (18) 8 (21)
 Alkylating agents containing 17 (11) 2 (12) 5 (10) 5 (10) 5 (13)
 Other 6 (4) 0 2 (4) 1 (2) 3 (8)

MM multiple myeloma