Table 1.

Frailty scoring/outcome scoring systems myeloma patients

ScoreReferenceVariablesFrailty/outcome groups defined
Transplant assessment scoring systems 
 HCT-CI  Based on criteria reported by Sorror et al49  0
1-2
>2 
Frailty scoring/outcome scoring systems for transplant-ineligible patients 
 IMWG* 16  Age
CCI
IADL
ADL 
Fit
Intermediate-fit
Frail 
 Simplified IMWG 89  Age
CCI
ECOG 
Nonfrail
Frail 
 R-MCI 90  Age
eGFR
Lung disease
KPS
Frailty
Cytogenetics 
Fit
Intermediate-fit
Frail 
 UK MRP 91  Age
PS
CRP
ISS 
Low risk
Medium risk
High risk 
 Mayo frailty 92  Age
PS
NT-BNP 
I
II
III
IV 
Objective and patient-reported outcome measures 
 Objective measures    
  Timed up and go85  Subjects rise from a standard armchair, walk 3 meters, walk back, and sit down again   
  Hand grip strength93  Measured using a dynamometer (static force hand can squeeze around a dynamometer)   
  Short Physical Performance Battery94  Combines gait speed, chair stand, and balance tests   
ScoreReferenceVariablesFrailty/outcome groups defined
Transplant assessment scoring systems 
 HCT-CI  Based on criteria reported by Sorror et al49  0
1-2
>2 
Frailty scoring/outcome scoring systems for transplant-ineligible patients 
 IMWG* 16  Age
CCI
IADL
ADL 
Fit
Intermediate-fit
Frail 
 Simplified IMWG 89  Age
CCI
ECOG 
Nonfrail
Frail 
 R-MCI 90  Age
eGFR
Lung disease
KPS
Frailty
Cytogenetics 
Fit
Intermediate-fit
Frail 
 UK MRP 91  Age
PS
CRP
ISS 
Low risk
Medium risk
High risk 
 Mayo frailty 92  Age
PS
NT-BNP 
I
II
III
IV 
Objective and patient-reported outcome measures 
 Objective measures    
  Timed up and go85  Subjects rise from a standard armchair, walk 3 meters, walk back, and sit down again   
  Hand grip strength93  Measured using a dynamometer (static force hand can squeeze around a dynamometer)   
  Short Physical Performance Battery94  Combines gait speed, chair stand, and balance tests   

ADL, activities of daily living; CCI, Charleson Comorbidity Index; CRP, C-reactive protein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; ISS, International Scoring System; KPS, Karnofsky Performance Scale; MRP, UK Myeloma Research Alliance Risk Profile; NT-BNP, B-natriuretic peptide; PS, performance status; R-MCI, revised Myeloma Comorbidity Index.

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