Table 1.

Myeloma fitness/frailty risk scores

Frailty scoreGeriatric domainsBiologic markerCytogenetics included?Score rangeInterpretation
IMWG ADLs
IADLs
CCI 
None No 0-2 0 (fit)
1 (intermediate-fit)
2 (frail) 
R-MCI Age
Fried frailty
Lung function
Renal function
Karnofsky performance status 
None Yes 0-9 0-3 (fit)
4-6 (intermediate- fit)
7-9 (frail) 
Facon frailty scale Age
CCI
ECOG performance status 
None No 0-1
≥2 
0-1 (nonfrail)
≥2 (frail) 
Myeloma Research Alliance risk profile10  Age
WHO performance status 
CRP
ISS 
No <−0.256
−0.256-−0.0283
>−0.0283 
<−0.256 (low risk)
−0.256 to −0.0283 (medium risk)
>−0.0283 (high risk) 
Mayo frailty index11  Age
WHO performance status 
NT- proBNP No 0-3 0 (stage 1)
1 (stage 2)
2 (stage 3)
3 (stage 4) 
Ancona vulnerability score12  CCI
WHO performance status 
None No 0-2 0 (low)
1 (intermediate)
2 (high) 
Frailty scoreGeriatric domainsBiologic markerCytogenetics included?Score rangeInterpretation
IMWG ADLs
IADLs
CCI 
None No 0-2 0 (fit)
1 (intermediate-fit)
2 (frail) 
R-MCI Age
Fried frailty
Lung function
Renal function
Karnofsky performance status 
None Yes 0-9 0-3 (fit)
4-6 (intermediate- fit)
7-9 (frail) 
Facon frailty scale Age
CCI
ECOG performance status 
None No 0-1
≥2 
0-1 (nonfrail)
≥2 (frail) 
Myeloma Research Alliance risk profile10  Age
WHO performance status 
CRP
ISS 
No <−0.256
−0.256-−0.0283
>−0.0283 
<−0.256 (low risk)
−0.256 to −0.0283 (medium risk)
>−0.0283 (high risk) 
Mayo frailty index11  Age
WHO performance status 
NT- proBNP No 0-3 0 (stage 1)
1 (stage 2)
2 (stage 3)
3 (stage 4) 
Ancona vulnerability score12  CCI
WHO performance status 
None No 0-2 0 (low)
1 (intermediate)
2 (high) 

CRP, C-reactive protein; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro B-type Natriuretic Peptide; WHO, World Health Organization.

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