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The detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) in myeloma using a 0.01% threshold (10(-4)) after treatment is an independent predictor of progression-free survival (PFS), but not always of overall survival (OS). However, MRD level is a continuous variable, and the predictive value of the depth of tumor depletion was evaluated in 397 patients treated intensively in the Medical Research Council Myeloma IX study. There was a significant improvement in OS for each log depletion in MRD level (median OS was 1 year for >= 10%, 4 years for 1% to <10%, 5.9 years for 0.1% to <1%, 6.8 years for 0.01% to <0.1%, and more than 7.5 years for <0.01% MRD). MRD level as a continuous variable determined by flow cytometry independently predicts both PFS and OS, with approximately 1 year median OS benefit per log depletion. The trial was registered at www.isrctn.com as #68454111.
Author(s): Rawstron AC, Gregory WM, de Tute RM, Davies FE, Bell SE, Drayson MT, Cook G, Jackson GH, Morgan GJ, Child JA, Owen RG
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Blood
Year: 2015
Volume: 125
Issue: 12
Pages: 1932-1935
Print publication date: 19/03/2015
Online publication date: 19/03/2015
Acceptance date: 16/01/2015
ISSN (print): 0006-4971
ISSN (electronic): 1528-0020
Publisher: American Society of Hematology
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2014-07-590166
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-07-590166
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