We performed a molecular study aimed at identifying a gene expression profile (GEP) signature predictive of attainment of at least near complete response (CR) to thalidomide-dexamethasone (TD) as induction regimen in preparation for double autologous stem cell transplantation in 112 younger patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. A GEP supervised analysis was performed on a training set of 32 patients, allowing to identify 157 probe sets differentially expressed in patients with CR versus those failing CR to TD. We then generated an eight-gene GEP signature whose performance was subsequently validated in a training set of 80 patients. A correct prediction of response to TD was found in 71 % of the cases analyzed. The eight genes were downregulated in patients who achieved CR to TD. Comparisons between post-autotransplantation outcomes of the 44 non-CR-predicted patients and of the 36 CR-predicted patients showed that this latter subgroup had a statistically significant benefit in terms of higher rate of CR after autotransplant(s) and longer time to progression, event-free survival, and overall survival. These results can be an important first step to identify at diagnosis those patients who will respond more favourably to a particular treatment strategy.
Titolo: | Correlation between eight-gene expression profiling and response to therapy of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients treated with thalidomide–dexamethasone incorporated into double autologous transplantation | |
Autore/i: | TERRAGNA, CAROLINA; Matteo Renzulli; REMONDINI, DANIEL; Enrico Tagliafico; Francesco Di Raimondo; Francesca Patriarca; MARTINELLI, GIOVANNI; Enrica Roncaglia; Luciano Masini; Patrizia Tosi; ZAMAGNI, ELENA; TACCHETTI, PAOLA; Antonio Ledda; Annamaria Brioli; Emanuele Angelucci; TESTONI, NICOLETTA; MARZOCCHI, GIULIA; Piero Galieni; Alessandro Gozzetti; MARTELLO, MARINA; Flores Dico; MANCUSO, KATIA; CAVO, MICHELE | |
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Anno: | 2013 | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1757-6 | |
Abstract: | We performed a molecular study aimed at identifying a gene expression profile (GEP) signature predictive of attainment of at least near complete response (CR) to thalidomide-dexamethasone (TD) as induction regimen in preparation for double autologous stem cell transplantation in 112 younger patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. A GEP supervised analysis was performed on a training set of 32 patients, allowing to identify 157 probe sets differentially expressed in patients with CR versus those failing CR to TD. We then generated an eight-gene GEP signature whose performance was subsequently validated in a training set of 80 patients. A correct prediction of response to TD was found in 71 % of the cases analyzed. The eight genes were downregulated in patients who achieved CR to TD. Comparisons between post-autotransplantation outcomes of the 44 non-CR-predicted patients and of the 36 CR-predicted patients showed that this latter subgroup had a statistically significant benefit in terms of higher rate of CR after autotransplant(s) and longer time to progression, event-free survival, and overall survival. These results can be an important first step to identify at diagnosis those patients who will respond more favourably to a particular treatment strategy. | |
Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 2014-12-11 10:05:07 | |
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