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ArticleBMC cancer2020

Bortezomib administration is a risk factor associated with the development of tumor lysis syndrome in male patients with multiple myeloma: a retrospective study.

Masahiro Kondo, Yuji Hotta, Karen Yamauchi, Akimasa Sanagawa, Hirokazu Komatsu, Shinsuke Iida, Kazunori Kimura

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  1. Clinical tumor lysis syndrome associated with elranatamab in relapsed multiple myeloma: a case reportRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2026
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Masahiro KondoDepartment of Pharmacy, Nagoya City University Hospital, 1-Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8602, Japan.
Yuji HottaDepartment of Hospital Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1, Tanabe dori, Mizuho ku, Aichi, 467-8603, Nagoya, Japan.
Karen YamauchiDepartment of Hospital Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1, Tanabe dori, Mizuho ku, Aichi, 467-8603, Nagoya, Japan.
Akimasa SanagawaDepartment of Pharmacy, Nagoya City University Hospital, 1-Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8602, Japan.
Hirokazu KomatsuDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1-Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8602, Japan.
Shinsuke IidaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1-Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8602, Japan.
Kazunori KimuraDepartment of Pharmacy, Nagoya City University Hospital, 1-Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8602, Japan. kkimura@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2473-4776
Nagoya City University · JPNagoya City University Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNovel agents such as proteasome inhibitors have been developed for several years to treat multiple myeloma. Although multiple myeloma is a low-risk disease for developing tumor lysis syndrome (TLS), treatment with these novel therapies might increase TLS risk. Previous studies, mostly case reports or case series, have reported bortezomib-induced TLS in patients with multiple myeloma. This study aimed to investigate risk factors associated with TLS development in multiple myeloma patients.

methodsWe retrospectively investigated incidences of laboratory and clinical TLS (LTLS and CTLS, respectively) in patients who received primary therapy for treatment-naive, symptomatic multiple myeloma between May 2007 and January 2018. We used multivariate logistic regression analyses to evaluate the associations between TLS and several parameters previously reported to be associated with increased risk.

resultsThis study included 210 patients with multiple myeloma, of which ten (4.8%) had LTLS and seven (3.3%) had CTLS. The characteristics of the administered anticancer or prophylactic antihyperuricemic agents were similar between patients with and without TLS. Multivariate analyses revealed that TLS was most strongly associated with bortezomib-containing therapy (odds ratio = 3.40, P = 0.069), followed by male sex (odds ratio = 2.29, P = 0.153). In a subgroup analysis focused on men, treatment with bortezomib-containing therapy was significantly associated with increased risk of TLS (odds ratio = 8.51, P = 0.046).

conclusionIn the present study, we investigated the risk factors associated with TLS development in 210 multiple myeloma patients, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the largest number of patients reported to date. Furthermore, this study is the first to evaluate TLS risk factors in MM by adjusting for the effects of potential confounding factors in patients' backgrounds. Consequently, we found that bortezomib-containing therapy increases the risk of TLS in male patients with multiple myeloma. TLS risk should be evaluated further in low-risk diseases such as multiple myeloma, since a significant number of novel therapies can achieve high antitumor responses.

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AgedAntineoplastic AgentsBortezomibCase-Control StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMultiple MyelomaPrognosisRetrospective StudiesTumor Lysis SyndromeAntineoplastic AgentsBortezomibBortezomibMaleMultiple myelomaRisk factorTumor lysis syndrome

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PMID33203424
PMCPMC7672870
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