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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Best Pract Res Clin Haematol. 2020 Jan 25;33(1):101152. doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2020.101152

Table 3:

Selected models that classify SMM based on risk of progression to MM

Criteria Median TTP (months)
PETHEMA criteria [15]
High-risk Two risk factors are met
  (1) Immunoparesis
  (2) ≥ 95% aberrant plasma cells of all plasma cells by flow cytometry
23
Intermediate One risk factor is met 73
Low No risk factors Not reached
SWOG criteria [20]
High-risk Two out of three risk factors are met
  (1) Involved SFLC > 25 mg/dL
  (2) M-Protein ≥ 3 g/dL
  (3) GEP > −0.26
Median 6; 2-year TTP 66.7%
Intermediate One risk factor is met Median not reached; 2-year TTP 21.9%
Low No risk factors Median not reached; 2-year TTP 3.4%
MAYO 2008 criteria [16]
High-risk Three out of three risk factors are met
  (1) Bone marrow plasma cell % ≥ 10%
  (2) M-protein ≥ 3 g/dL
  (3) I:u sFLC ratio > 8
23
Intermediate Two out of three risk factors are met 45
Low One out of three risk factors are met 110
IMF 2019 criteria [17]
High-risk Two out of three risk factors are met
  (1) Bone marrow plasma cell % ≥ 20%
  (2) M-protein > 2 g/dL
  (3) I:u sFLC ratio > 20
30
Intermediate One out of three risk factors are met 68
Low No risk factors 110
MAYO 2018 criteria with FISH [17]
High-risk Two out of three risk factors are met
  (1) Bone marrow plasma cell % ≥ 20%
  (2) High-risk FISH
  (3) I:u sFLC ratio > 20
23.6
Intermediate One out of three risk factors are met 83.1
Low No risk factors Not reached

FISH=fluorescence in situ hybridization