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ArticleCancers2021

Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in a Nationwide Cohort of Older and Younger Veterans with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia, 2006-2019.

Hsu-Chih Chien, Deborah Morreall, Vikas Patil, Kelli M Rasmussen, Christina Yong, Chunyang Li, Deborah G Passey, Zachary Burningham, Brian C Sauer, Ahmad S Halwani

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hsu-Chih ChienGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
Deborah MorreallGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
Vikas PatilGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
Kelli M RasmussenGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2946-9211
Christina YongGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
Chunyang LiGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1033-8553
Deborah G PasseyGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7272-3019
Zachary BurninghamGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
Brian C SauerGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
Ahmad S HalwaniGeorge E. Wahlen Veterans Health Administration, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
University of Utah · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about real-world treatment patterns and outcomes in Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) following the recent introduction of newer treatments, especially among older adults. We describe patterns of first-line (1 L) WM treatment in early (2006-2012) and modern (2013-2019) eras and report outcomes (overall response rate (ORR), overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and adverse event (AE)-related discontinuation) in younger (≤70 years) and older (>70 years) populations. We followed 166 younger and 152 older WM patients who received 1 L treatment between January 2006 and April 2019 in the Veterans Health Administration. Median follow-up was 43.5 months (range: 0.6-147.2 months). Compared to the early era, older patients in the modern era achieved improved ORRs (early: 63.8%, modern: 72.3%) and 41% lower risk of death/progression (hazard ratio (HR) for PFS: 0.59, 95% CI (confidence interval): 0.36-0.95), with little change in AE-related discontinuation between eras (HR: 0.82, 95% CI: 0.4-1.7). In younger patients, the AE-related discontinuation risk increased almost fourfold (HR: 3.9, 95% CI: 1.1-14), whereas treatment effects did not change between eras (HR for OS: 1.4, 95% CI: 0.66-2.8; HR for PFS: 1.1, 95% CI: 0.67-1.7). Marked improvements in survival among older adults accompanied a profound shift in 1 L treatment patterns for WM.

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age groupsolder adultsrare cancerreal-world evidencetreatment outcomestreatment patternsWaldenström macroglobulinemia

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PMID33916545
PMCPMC8038459
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