We retrospectively investigated the role of serial serum-free light chain (sFLC) evaluations in 150 multiple myeloma (MM) patients treated with first-line bortezomib-based regimens. Baseline sFLC ratio (sFLCR) identified three groups of patients - normal, lightly abnormal (<100), and highly abnormal (≥100) - with different progression-free survival (PFS: 3-year estimate 72% versus 61% versus 44%, respectively, p = 0.03). Moreover, the achievement of a normal sFLCR correlated with extended PFS (49 versus 17 months, p < 0.0001) and overall survival (75 versus 43 months, p < 0.0001) as compared with abnormal sFLCR, a gain maintained in a multivariate analysis for PFS. At relapse, a high sFLCR was associated with earlier start of salvage therapy compared with sFLCR <100 (3-month probability: 89% versus 64%, p = 0.0426). In 20% of patients, sFLC escape preceded the conventional relapse by a median of 3.8 months. Our results highlight the role of sFLC assay in the prognosis and follow-up of MM.

Tacchetti, P., Cavo, M., Rocchi, S., Pezzi, A., Pantani, L., Brioli, A., et al. (2016). Prognostic impact of serial measurements of serum-free light chain assay throughout the course of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma treated with bortezomib-based regimens. LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA, 57(9), 2058-2064 [10.3109/10428194.2015.1124994].

Prognostic impact of serial measurements of serum-free light chain assay throughout the course of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma treated with bortezomib-based regimens

TACCHETTI, PAOLA;CAVO, MICHELE;ROCCHI, SERENA;PEZZI, ANNALISA;PANTANI, LUCIA;BRIOLI, ANNAMARIA;TESTONI, NICOLETTA;TERRAGNA, CAROLINA;ZANNETTI, BEATRICE ANNA;MANCUSO, KATIA;MARZOCCHI, GIULIA;BORSI, ENRICA;MARTELLO, MARINA;RIZZELLO, ILARIA;ZAMAGNI, ELENA
2016

Abstract

We retrospectively investigated the role of serial serum-free light chain (sFLC) evaluations in 150 multiple myeloma (MM) patients treated with first-line bortezomib-based regimens. Baseline sFLC ratio (sFLCR) identified three groups of patients - normal, lightly abnormal (<100), and highly abnormal (≥100) - with different progression-free survival (PFS: 3-year estimate 72% versus 61% versus 44%, respectively, p = 0.03). Moreover, the achievement of a normal sFLCR correlated with extended PFS (49 versus 17 months, p < 0.0001) and overall survival (75 versus 43 months, p < 0.0001) as compared with abnormal sFLCR, a gain maintained in a multivariate analysis for PFS. At relapse, a high sFLCR was associated with earlier start of salvage therapy compared with sFLCR <100 (3-month probability: 89% versus 64%, p = 0.0426). In 20% of patients, sFLC escape preceded the conventional relapse by a median of 3.8 months. Our results highlight the role of sFLC assay in the prognosis and follow-up of MM.
2016
Tacchetti, P., Cavo, M., Rocchi, S., Pezzi, A., Pantani, L., Brioli, A., et al. (2016). Prognostic impact of serial measurements of serum-free light chain assay throughout the course of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma treated with bortezomib-based regimens. LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA, 57(9), 2058-2064 [10.3109/10428194.2015.1124994].
Tacchetti, Paola; Cavo, Michele; Rocchi, Serena; Pezzi, Annalisa; Pantani, Lucia; Brioli, Annamaria; Testoni, Nicoletta; Terragna, Carolina; Zannetti,...espandi
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