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ArticleBone marrow transplantation2025

Outcomes following different upfront stem cell transplantation strategies for multiple myeloma: a statistical perspective on behalf of the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of the EBMT.

Simona Iacobelli, Stefan Schönland, Linda Koster, Didier Blaise, Emma Nicholson, A E C Broers, Patrice Chevallier, Péter Reményi, František Folber, John G Gribben and 15 more

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Article in Bone marrow transplantation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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25 authors.

Simona Iacobelli *Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. simona.iacobelli@ebmt.org.ORCID 0000-0002-3743-756X
Stefan Schönland *University Hospital of Heidelberg, Medical Department V, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4853-5579
Linda KosterEBMT Leiden Study Unit, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Didier BlaiseTransplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Hematology, Institut Paoli Calmettes, Management Sport Cancer Lab, Luminy, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5684-9447
Emma NicholsonRoyal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6439-0795
A E C BroersErasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Patrice ChevallierCHU Nantes, Nantes, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3142-5581
Péter ReményiDél-pesti Centrumkórház, Budapest, Hungary.
František FolberUniversity Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-7034-769X
John G GribbenSt. Bartholomew's Hospital London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8505-7430
Erfan NurVU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Neil RabinDepartment of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.
Matthew CollinNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Tobias Gedde-DahlOslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Katharine BaileyKings College Hospital London, London, United Kingdom.
Paul FergusonBirmingham Centre for Cellular Therapy and Transplant (BCCTT), Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Matthias StelljesUniversity of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9331-5145
Adrian BloorChristie Hospital Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Meral BeksacAnkara Liv Hospital, Istinye University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1797-8657
Joanna Drozd-SokolowskaUniversity Clinical Centre, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4562-6264
Kavita RajDepartment of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8258-354X
Patrick J HaydenDepartment of Haematology, Trinity College Dublin, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-1374-4503
Ibrahim Yakoub-AghaCHU de Lille, Univ Lille, INSERM U1286, Infinite, Lille, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4524-8782
Donal P McLornanDepartment of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1224-091X
Nicolaus KrögerUniversity Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5103-9966

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a heterogenous malignant disease. Novel agents including bispecific antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have improved response rates and patient outcome, but the majority of patients ultimately still relapse. High dose chemotherapy followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HCT) remains standard care of treatment for transplant-eligible patients. While single auto-HCT is commonly used, a planned tandem auto-HCT or auto-allo approach remains controversial, based on conflicting results from clinical trials. Here we compared the outcome of 24,936 MM patients aged between 20 and 65 years who underwent first auto-HCT during 2002-2015, reported to the EBMT registry, of whom 3683 and 878 got tandem auto-HCT and auto-allo-HCT respectively. We used non-standard statistical approaches to account for time-dependence of treatments and of their effects, including models with multiple timescales and dynamic prediction. Differences were reported by graphs of hazard functions, hazard ratios and conditional probabilities over time. For both OS and PFS, there was a limited but persistent advantage for the tandem auto-HCT group compared to single auto-HCT, and a clear advantage for the auto-allo-HCT group over both other strategies in the longer term, albeit at the cost of higher early mortality.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationMultiple MyelomaTransplantation ConditioningAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRegistriesTransplantation, AutologousTreatment OutcomeYoung Adult

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PMID40739129
PMCPMC12568642

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