Table 2.
Dexamethasone alone, or with IFN, melphalan or VAD. A total of 306 patients received later TD or BTD with disease resistance or relapse, including 123 patients who had not received HDT.
TD = thalidomide, dexamethasone. BTD = bortezomib, thalidomide, dexamethasone. All patients received TD or BTD upon relapse, including 40 patients who had not received HDT.
Twenty-two patients had achieved CR after 1 year (19 with earlier PR and 3 with earlier NR).