Clinical, genomic, and imaging predictors of myeloma progression from asymptomatic monoclonal gammopathies (swog s0120)

Madhav V. Dhodapkar, Rachael Sexton, Sarah Waheed, Saad Usmani, Xenofon Papanikolaou, Bijay Nair, Nathan Petty, John D. Shaughnessy, Antje Hoering, John Crowley, Robert Z. Orlowski, Bart Barlogie

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Abstract

All cases of clinical myeloma (CMM) are preceded by an asymptomatic monoclonal gammopathy (AMG), classified as either monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) or asymptomatic multiple myeloma (AMM). We analyzed data from AMG patients (n 5 331) enrolled in a prospective, observational clinical trial (S0120). Baseline data from clinical variables, gene expression profiles (GEP) of purified tumor cells, and findings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were correlated with the risk of progression to CMM requiring therapy. GEP of purified tumor cells revealed that all molecular subtypes of CMM are also represented in the AMG phase. An increased risk score (>-0.26) (based on a 70-gene signature, GEP70) was an independent predictor of the risk of progression to CMM. Combination of elevated serum free light chain, M-spike, and GEP70 risk score identified a subset with high risk (67% at 2 years) of progression to CMM requiring therapy. Importantly, absence of these factors in AMM patients predicted low risk similar to MGUS. Detection of multiple (>1) focal lesions by MRI also conferred an increased risk of progression. These data demonstrate that signatures associated with high-risk CMM impact disease risk and support inclusion of genomic analysis in the clinical management of AMGs. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as # NCT00900263. (Blood. 2014;123(1):78-85).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)78-85
Number of pages8
JournalBlood
Volume123
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Immunology
  • Hematology
  • Cell Biology

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