Table 1 Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors.

From: Selective elimination of immunosuppressive T cells in patients with multiple myeloma

Characteristics

 

A (Without Elotuzumab)

B (Elotuzumab)

All

Age

Median (range)

59 (41–70); 1 missing

59 (33–70)

59 (33–70); 1

  

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Sex p = 0.81

Female

66

47.5

57

45.2

123

46.4

Male

73

52.5

69

54.8

142

53.6

Heavy chain type p = 0.66

IgA

23

16.6

22

17.5

45

17.0

IgG

90

64.8

79

62.7

169

63.8

Other (IgM, IgD, IgE)

0

0.0

2

1.6

2

0.8

None

26

18.7

23

18.2

49

18.5

Light chain type p = 0.70

Kappa

91

65.5

79

62.7

170

64.2

Lambda

48

34.5

47

37.3

95

35.9

ISSa p = 0.52

I

56

40.3

59

46.8

115

43.4

II

49

35.2

42

33.3

91

34.3

III

34

24.5

25

19.8

59

22.3

Cytogenetic risk groupb p = 0.88

0

73

65.2

67

67.0

140

66.0

1

39

34.8

33

33.0

72

34.0

missing

27

 

26

 

53

 
  1. The bold values are the percentage of each subgroup from total patients.
  2. aISS International Staging System.
  3. bCytogenetic high-risk group: presence of del17p and/or t(4;14) or t(14;16).