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ArticleClinical transplantation2015

Neoplastic and non-neoplastic complications of solid organ transplantation in patients with preexisting monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance.

Teresa E Goebel, Nicholas K Schiltz, Kenneth J Woodside, Aiswarya Chandran Pillai, Paolo F Caimi, Hillard M Lazarus, Siran M Koroukian, Erica L Campagnaro

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Article in Clinical transplantation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Teresa E GoebelDivision of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center & University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Nicholas K SchiltzDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Kenneth J WoodsideSection of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7495-3758
Aiswarya Chandran PillaiDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Paolo F CaimiDivision of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center & University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Hillard M LazarusDivision of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center & University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Siran M KoroukianDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Erica L CampagnaroDivision of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Outcomes Research Consortium · USUniversity Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of ClevelandUL1TR000439 · NCATS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI KONSTAN, MICHAEL W. · 2012 to 2016
$50.0M
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH ONCOLOGY TRAINING GRANTK12CA076917 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI GERSON, STANTON L. · 1997 to 2022
$14.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000439NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR000439NCI NIH HHS K12 CA076917NCI NIH HHS K12CA076917
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) occurs in 3-7% of the elderly population, with higher prevalence in renal failure patients, and is associated with a 25-fold increased lifetime risk for plasma cell myeloma (PCM), also known as multiple myeloma. Using the California State Inpatient, Emergency Department, and Ambulatory Surgery Databases components of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), we sought to determine whether patients with MGUS who undergo solid organ allograft (n = 22,062) are at increased adjusted relative risk (aRR) for hematologic malignancy and other complications. Among solid organ transplant patients, patients with preexisting MGUS had higher aRR of PCM (aRR 19.46; 95% CI 7.05, 53.73; p < 0.001), venous thromboembolic events (aRR 1.66; 95% CI 1.15, 2.41; p = 0.007), and infection (aRR 1.24; 95% CI 1.06, 1.45; p = 0.007). However, when comparing MGUS patients with and without solid organ transplant, there was decreased aRR for PCM with transplant (aRR 0.34; 95% CI 0.13, 0.88; p = 0.027), and increased venous thromboembolic events (aRR 2.33; 95% CI 1.58, 3.44; p < 0.001) and infectious risks (aRR 1.44; 95% CI 1.23, 1.70; p < 0.001). While MGUS increased the risk of PCM overall following solid organ transplantation, there was lower risk of PCM development compared to MGUS patients who did not receive a transplant. MGUS should not preclude solid organ transplant.

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Organ TransplantationAdultAgedDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansInfectionsMaleMiddle AgedMonoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined SignificanceMultiple MyelomaOutcome Assessment, Health CarePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsVenous ThromboembolismHealthcare Cost and Utilization Projectmonoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significancemultiple myelomaplasma cell myelomapost-transplant lymphoproliferative disordersolid organ transplantationvenous thromboembolism

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PMCPMC4562885
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