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. 2020 Mar 3;20:170. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-6596-y

Table 3.

Frequency of hospitalizations due to bone complications

Outcome At-risk perioda EU5b
N = 813
France
N = 146
Germany
N = 175
Italy
N = 173
Spain
N = 141
UK
N = 173
Hospitalizations due to bone complications by at-risk period, n (%)c
 Any bone complication Overall 119 (15) 20 (14) 33 (19) 22 (13) 20 (14) 24 (14)
Period 1 73 (9) 11 (8) 21 (12) 14 (8) 14 (10) 14 (8)
Period 2 29 (4) 4 (3) 10 (6) 4 (2) 3 (2) 7 (4)
Period 3 41 (5) 9 (6) 11 (6) 6 (4) 7 (5) 7 (4)
Hospitalizations due to bone complications by type of bone complication and at-risk period, n (%)d
 PF Overall 79 (66) 11 (55) 26 (79) 13 (59) 16 (80) 15 (63)
Period 1 54 (74) 6 (55) 19 (91) 8 (57) 13 (93) 11 (79)
Period 2 11 (37) 1 (25) 3 (30) 2 (50) 0 4 (57)
Period 3 24 (58) 5 (56) 8 (72) 3 (50) 5 (71) 3 (43)
 SCC Overall 20 (17) 4 (20) 4 (12) 4 (18) 2 (10) 5 (21)
Period 1 15 (21) 4 (36) 2 (10) 2 (14) 2 (14) 4 (29)
Period 2 2 (8) 0 0 0 0 2 (29)
Period 3 7 (18) 1 (11) 2 (18) 2 (33) 0 2 (29)
 RB Overall 46 (39) 8 (40) 14 (42) 4 (18) 5 (25) 13 (54)
Period 1 21 (28) 5 (46) 4 (19) 3 (21) 0 6 (43)
Period 2 16 (55) 2 (50) 5 (50) 1 (25) 3 (100) 5 (71)
Period 3 17 (41) 4 (44) 5 (46) 0 3 (43) 4 (57)
 SB Overall 36 (30) 5 (25) 12 (36) 11 (50) 2 (10) 5 (21)
Period 1 20 (28) 1 (9) 8 (38) 7 (50) 1 (7) 4 (29)
Period 2 10 (35) 1 (25) 4 (40) 2 (50) 1 (33) 2 (29)
Period 3 9 (21) 3 (33) 1 (9) 3 (50) 1 (14) 0

EU5 five European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK), PF pathologic fracture, RB radiation to bone, SB surgery to bone, SCC spinal cord compression, UK United Kingdom

aOverall: from multiple myeloma diagnosis to disease progression following first-line treatment; period 1: before initiation of induction therapy; period 2: during active first-line therapy; period 3: after treatment discontinuation

bAggregated EU5 data have been weighted based on the multiple myeloma incidence in each country so base sizes for individual countries may not equal the EU5 total

cExpressed as a percentage of the total number of patients

dExpressed as a percentage of the number of patients who were hospitalized owing to a bone complication