IgM myeloma: A multicenter retrospective study of 134 patients

  • Jorge J. Castillo
  • , Artur Jurczyszyn
  • , Lucie Brozova
  • , Edvan Crusoe
  • , Jacek Czepiel
  • , Julio Davila
  • , Angela Dispenzieri
  • , Marion Eveillard
  • , Mark A. Fiala
  • , Irene M. Ghobrial
  • , Alessandro Gozzetti
  • , Joshua N. Gustine
  • , Roman Hajek
  • , Vania Hungria
  • , Jiri Jarkovsky
  • , David Jayabalan
  • , Jacob P. Laubach
  • , Barbara Lewicka
  • , Vladimir Maisnar
  • , Elisabet E. Manasanch
  • Philippe Moreau, Elizabeth A. Morgan, Hareth Nahi, Ruben Niesvizky, Claudia Paba-Prada, Tomas Pika, Ludek Pour, John L. Reagan, Paul G. Richardson, Jatin Shah, Ivan Spicka, Ravi Vij, Anna Waszczuk-Gajda, Morie A. Gertz

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Abstract

IgM myeloma is a rare hematologic malignancy for which the clinicopathological features and patient outcomes have not been extensively studied. We carried out a multicenter retrospective study in patients with diagnosis of IgM myeloma defined by >10% marrow involvement by monoclonal plasma cells, presence of an IgM monoclonal paraproteinemia of any size, and anemia, renal dysfunction, hypercalcemia, lytic lesions and/or t(11;14) identified by FISH. A total of 134 patients from 20 centers were included in this analysis. The median age at diagnosis was 65.5 years with a male predominance (68%). Anemia, renal dysfunction, elevated calcium and skeletal lytic lesions were found in 37, 43, 19, and 70%, respectively. The median serum IgM level was 2,895 mg dL−1 with 19% of patients presenting with levels >6,000 mg dL−1. International Staging System (ISS) stages 1, 2, and 3 were seen in 40 (33%), 54 (44%), and 29 (24%) of patients, respectively. The malignant cells expressed CD20 (58%) and cyclin D1 (67%), and t(11;14) was the most common cytogenetic finding (39%). The median overall survival (OS) was 61 months. Higher ISS score was associated with worse survival (P = 0.02). Patients with IgM myeloma present with similar characteristics and outcomes as patients with more common myeloma subtypes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)746-751
Number of pages6
JournalAmerican journal of hematology
Volume92
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2017

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