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. 2022 Sep 29;11(19):5794. doi: 10.3390/jcm11195794

Table 2.

Maintenance regimens and reasons for stopping maintenance therapy.

Maintenance < 3 Years
(n = 102)
Maintenance ≥ 3 Years
(n = 238)
Maintenance Drugs n % n %
Lenalidomide 90 88.2 214 89.9
Bortezomib 15 14.7 21 8.8
Ixazomib 0 0 12 5.0
Lenalidomide + Bortezomib 0 0 2 0.8
Lenalidomide + Cyclophosphamide 0 0 2 0.8
Pomalidomide 0 0 3 1.3
Pomalidomide + Cyclophosphamide 0 0 1 0.4
Thalidomide 3 2.9 1 0.4
Prednisone 3 2.9 1 0.4
Reasons for stopping *
Patient Preference 23 22.5 7 2.9
Physician Decision 1 1 0 0
Progression 0 0 57 23.9
Recurrent Infection 1 1 0 0
SPM 4 3.9 5 2.1
Adverse events 51 50 30 12.6
Other 22 21.6 8 3.4

* 131 patients in maintenance ≥ 3 years group were still on maintenance at last follow up.