Table 1 Baseline characteristics whole cohort and stratified by donor type.

From: In the era of Bortezomib-based Induction, intensification of Melphalan-based conditioning with Bortezomib does not improve Survival Outcomes in newly diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: a study from the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of the EBMT

 

Group

Missing

Total

Mel200

Vel-Mel

P

   

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Total

  

4388 (100%)

4096 (93.3%)

292 (6.7%)

 

Age at AHCT-1

Median (IQR)

 

58.9 (53–63.5)

59 (53.3–63.5)

56.8 (50.7–62.8)

<0.001

Patient sex

Male

 

2536 (57.8%)

2366 (57.8%)

170 (58.2%)

0.928

Female

 

1852 (42.2%)

1730 (42.2%)

122 (41.8%)

 

Karnofsky score

<90

285 (6.5%)

1312 (32%)

1252 (32.8%)

60 (21.1%)

<0.001

90–100

 

2791 (68%)

2566 (67.2%)

225 (78.9%)

 

ISS

I

2235 (50.9%)

926 (43.0%)

857 (43.3%)

69 (39.7%)

0.504

II

 

682 (31.7%)

627 (31.7%)

55 (31.6%)

 

III

 

545 (25.3%)

495 (25.0%)

50 (28.7%)

 

Ig type

IgG

1303 (29.7%)

2229 (72.3%)

2089 (72.7%)

140 (66.7%)

<0.001

IgA

 

751 (24.3%)

698 (24.3%)

53 (25.2%)

 

IgD/M/E

 

105 (3.4%)

88 (3.1%)

17 (8.1%)

 

Cytogenetics

standard

2799 (63.8%)

1275 (80.2%)

1202 (80.4%)

73 (77.7%)

0.607

high

 

314 (19.8%)

293 (19.6%)

21 (22.3%)

 

AHCT-1 year

Median (IQR)

 

2014 (2012–2016)

2014 (2012–2016)

2014 (2012–2016)

0.033

Interval diagnosis AHCT-1 (months)

Median (IQR)

33 (0.8%)

6.3 (4.7–10.1)

6.2 (4.7–9.9)

7.7 (5.6–11.6)

0.871

Bortezomib induction

no

2943 (67.1%)

213 (14.7%)

193 (15.0%)

20 (12.7%)

0.507

yes

 

1232 (85.3%)

1094 (85.0%)

138 (87.3%)

 

Response at AHCT-1

CR/VGPR

53 (1.2%)

939 (21.7%)

822 (20.3%)

117 (40.6%)

<0.001

<=PR

 

1668 (38.5%)

1602 (39.6%)

66 (22.9%)

 
  

1728 (39.9%)

1623 (40.1%)

105 (36.5%)

 

Response at d100

CR/VGPR

511 (16.4%)

1533 (58.8%)

1375 (57.7%)

158 (70.2%)

<0.001

<=PR

 

1074 (41.2%)

1007 (42.3%)

67 (29.8%)

 
  1. P-values were obtained using the χ2 test for categorical variables and t-tests for continuous data.