Table 4.

Posttransplantation free light chain values impact on hematologic response, organ response, and overall survival (hazard ratios by Cox modeling)



Complete hematologic response

Organ response

Overall survival
FLC or FLC ratio change
D 100
1 y
D 100
1 y
D 100
1 y
No.   87   74   93   78   93   75  
Involved FLC, mg/L (P)  0.90 (.01)   0.86 (.02)   0.98 (.29)   0.96 (.1)   1.048 (.003)   1.048 (.02)  
FLC, normal versus abnormal (P)  4.92 (< .001)   5.62 (< .001)   2.74 (.02)   2.56 (.04)   0.13 (.06)*  0.27 (.1)* 
At least 50% reduction FLC (P)  2.69 (.09)   3.04 (.08)   1.81 (.3)   6.0 (.009)   0.42 (.4)  0.87 (.9) 
At least 90% reduction FLC (P)  3.47 (.01)   2.91 (.04)   2.10 (.1)   1.45 (.5)   0.70 (.6)  0.96 (> .999) 
FLC ratio, mg/L (P)  0.98 (.09)   0.94 (.02)   1.0 (.6)   0.98 (.2)   0.99 (.8)   1.027 (.07)  
FLC ratio, normal vs abnormal (P)
 
2.41 (< .05)
 
5.00 (.002)
 
0.77 (.5)
 
2.51 (.05)
 
0.65 (.6)
 
0.60 (.5)
 


Complete hematologic response

Organ response

Overall survival
FLC or FLC ratio change
D 100
1 y
D 100
1 y
D 100
1 y
No.   87   74   93   78   93   75  
Involved FLC, mg/L (P)  0.90 (.01)   0.86 (.02)   0.98 (.29)   0.96 (.1)   1.048 (.003)   1.048 (.02)  
FLC, normal versus abnormal (P)  4.92 (< .001)   5.62 (< .001)   2.74 (.02)   2.56 (.04)   0.13 (.06)*  0.27 (.1)* 
At least 50% reduction FLC (P)  2.69 (.09)   3.04 (.08)   1.81 (.3)   6.0 (.009)   0.42 (.4)  0.87 (.9) 
At least 90% reduction FLC (P)  3.47 (.01)   2.91 (.04)   2.10 (.1)   1.45 (.5)   0.70 (.6)  0.96 (> .999) 
FLC ratio, mg/L (P)  0.98 (.09)   0.94 (.02)   1.0 (.6)   0.98 (.2)   0.99 (.8)   1.027 (.07)  
FLC ratio, normal vs abnormal (P)
 
2.41 (< .05)
 
5.00 (.002)
 
0.77 (.5)
 
2.51 (.05)
 
0.65 (.6)
 
0.60 (.5)
 
*

At day 100, 44 patients with normal FLC levels versus 49 with abnormal levels; at 1 year, 39 patients with normal FLC levels versus 39 with abnormal levels

At day 100, 74 patients with normal FLC levels had at least 50% reduction versus 19 with less than 50%; at 1 year, 62 patients with normal FLC levels had at least 50% reduction, versus 16 with less than 50%

At day 100, 26 patients with normal FLC levels had at least 90% reduction versus 67 with less than 90%; at 1 year, 23 patients with normal FLC levels had at least 90% reduction versus 55 with less than 90%

At day 100, 48 patients with normal FLC levels had at least normal ratio versus 44 with abnormal levels; at 1 year, 38 had normal ratio versus 37 with abnormal levels

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