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Age and organ damage correlate with poor survival in myeloma patients: meta-analysis of 1435 individual patient data from 4 randomized trials

Authors :
Sonja Zweegman
Antonio Palumbo
Pierre W. Wijermans
Massimo Offidani
Maria-Victoria Mateos
Albert Oriol
Mario Boccadoro
Maide Cavalli
Bronno van der Holt
Chiara Cerrato
Pieter Sonneveld
Ana Isabel Teruel
Alessandra Larocca
Roberto Marasca
Roberto Ria
Vittorio Montefusco
Juan José Lahuerta
Davide Rossi
Sara Bringhen
Roberto Mina
Antonietta Falcone
Giovannino Ciccone
Vincenzo Callea
Anna Marina Liberati
Martijn R. Schaafsma
Jesús F. San Miguel
Luca Franceschini
Andrea Evangelista
Hematology
CCA - Innovative therapy
Source :
Haematologica, 98(6), 980-987. Ferrata Storti Foundation, Bringhen, S, Mateos, M V, Zweegman, S, Larocca, A, Falcone, A P, Oriol, A, Rossi, D, Cavalli, M, Wijermans, P, Ria, R, Offidani, M, Lahuerta, J J, Liberati, A M, Mina, R, Callea, V, Schaafsma, M, Cerrato, C, Marasca, R, Franceschini, L, Evangelista, A, Teruel, A I, van der Holt, B, Montefusco, V, Ciccone, G, Boccadoro, M, San Miguel, J, Sonneveld, P & Palumbo, A 2013, ' Age and organ damage correlate with poor survival in myeloma patients: meta-analysis of 1435 individual patient data from 4 randomized trials ', Haematologica, vol. 98, no. 6, pp. 980-987 . https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2012.075051, Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

This is an open-access paper.-- et al.<br />Thalidomide and bortezomib are extensively used to treat elderly myeloma patients. In these patients, treatmentrelated side effects are frequent and full drug doses difficult to tolerate. We retrospectively analyzed data from 1435 elderly patients enrolled in 4 European phase III trials including thalidomide and/or bortezomib. After a median follow up of 33 months (95%CI: 10-56 months), 513 of 1435 patients (36%) died; median overall survival was 50 months (95%CI: 46-60 months). The risk of death was increased in patients aged 75 years or over (HR 1.44, 95%CI: 1.20-1.72; P

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ISSN :
03906078
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Haematologica, 98(6), 980-987. Ferrata Storti Foundation, Bringhen, S, Mateos, M V, Zweegman, S, Larocca, A, Falcone, A P, Oriol, A, Rossi, D, Cavalli, M, Wijermans, P, Ria, R, Offidani, M, Lahuerta, J J, Liberati, A M, Mina, R, Callea, V, Schaafsma, M, Cerrato, C, Marasca, R, Franceschini, L, Evangelista, A, Teruel, A I, van der Holt, B, Montefusco, V, Ciccone, G, Boccadoro, M, San Miguel, J, Sonneveld, P & Palumbo, A 2013, ' Age and organ damage correlate with poor survival in myeloma patients: meta-analysis of 1435 individual patient data from 4 randomized trials ', Haematologica, vol. 98, no. 6, pp. 980-987 . https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2012.075051, Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
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