Table 3 Time to next line of treatment or death (months).

From: Attrition rates and treatment outcomes in multiple myeloma: real-world data over a 40-year period

 

Time Period

 

LOT

1980–89

1990–99

2000–09

2010–20

p-value

1st to 2nd

15.4 (11.8–19.4)

16.5 (14.3–19.1)

22.9 (19.1–26.6)

23.9 (20.1–27.2)

0.0003

2nd to 3rd

9.4 (5.5–22.2)

11.4 (9.0–14.0)

12.1 (10.8–14.5)

8.1 (6.1–10.5)

0.0003

3rd to 4th

11.8 (9.7–28.1)

9.1 (5.7–17.4)

6.7 (5.5–8.9)

7.2 (5.7–9.5)

0.06

4th to 5th

12.9 (9.9–NR)

4.3 (2.9–11.4)

5.1 (3.5–9.8)

5.7 (4.2–7.8)

0.16

 

Age (years)

 

LOT

≤60

61–70

71–80

≥81

p-value

1st to 2nd

26.8 (23.3–31.3)

20.0 (16.4–23.7)

16.0 (14.0–17.7)

9.7 (6.9–16.5)

<0.000

2nd to 3rd

9.2 (7.6–11.5)

10.6 (8.6–12.3)

13.5 (9.8–16.7)

10.2 (4.2–17.7)

0.79

3rd to 4th

8.1 (6.21–11.2)

7.3 (5.4–9.0)

7.5 (5.4–12.2)

7.0 (4.24-NR)

0.35

4th to 5th

5.6 (4.2–8.1)

5.8 (2.8–10.4)

5.5 (3.6–10.0)

9.3 (5.03-NR)

0.50

  1. LOT lines of treatment, NR not reached.