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Rosiñol L, Beksac M, Zamagni E, Van de Donk NWCJ, Anderson KC, Badros A, Caers J, Cavo M, Dimopoulos MA, Dispenzieri A, Einsele H, Engelhardt M, Fernández de Larrea C, Gahrton G, Gay F, Hájek R, Hungria V, Jurczyszyn A, Kröger N, Kyle RA, Leal da Costa F, Leleu X, Lentzsch S, Mateos MV, Merlini G, Mohty M, Moreau P, Rasche L, Reece D, Sezer O, Sonneveld P, Usmani SZ, Vanderkerken K, Vesole DH, Waage A, Zweegman S, Richardson PG, Bladé J. Expert review on soft-tissue plasmacytomas in multiple myeloma: definition, disease assessment and treatment considerations. Br J Haematol 2021; 194:496-507. [PMID: 33724461 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.17338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
In this review, two types of soft-tissue involvement in multiple myeloma are defined: (i) extramedullary (EMD) with haematogenous spread involving only soft tissues and (ii) paraskeletal (PS) with tumour masses arising from skeletal lesions. The incidence of EMD and PS plasmacytomas at diagnosis ranges from 1·7% to 4·5% and 7% to 34·4% respectively. EMD disease is often associated with high-risk cytogenetics, resistance to therapy and worse prognosis than in PS involvement. In patients with PS involvement a proteasome inhibitor-based regimen may be the best option followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in transplant eligible patients. In patients with EMD disease who are not eligible for ASCT, a proteasome inhibitor-based regimen such as lenalidomide-bortezomib-dexamethasone (RVD) may be the best option, while for those eligible for high-dose therapy a myeloma/lymphoma-like regimen such as bortezomib, thalidomide and dexamethasone (VTD)-RVD/cisplatin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide and etoposide (PACE) followed by SCT should be considered. In both EMD and PS disease at relapse many strategies have been tried, but this remains a high-unmet need population.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Rosiñol
- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Dipartamento di Medicina Specialistica Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università degli Studi, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Dipartamento di Medicina Specialistica Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università degli Studi, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Tumor Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Myeloma Unit, Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Haematooncology, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Medical College Department of Hematology, Jagiellanian University, Krakow, Poland
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clínic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis Service, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- IBSAL, Cancer Research Center, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Department of molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Hematology and Cellular Therapy, Hospital Saint-Antoine, Sorbonne University, París, France
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- Hematology Department, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer institute/Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Department Hematology and Immunology, Vriji Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- John Theurer Cancer, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensat, NJ, USA
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, NTNU Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Jiménez-Segura R, Granell M, Gironella M, Abella E, García-Guiñón A, Oriol A, Cabezudo E, Clapés V, Soler JA, Escoda L, López-Pardo J, Fernández de Larrea C, Cibeira MT, Tovar N, Isola I, Bladé J, Rosiñol L. Pomalidomide-dexamethasone for treatment of soft-tissue plasmacytomas in patients with relapsed / refractory multiple myeloma. Eur J Haematol 2019; 102:389-394. [PMID: 30719772 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The presence of plasmacytomas (Ps) in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) is associated with a poor outcome, both in patients treated conventionally and in patients treated with novel agents. Two types of plasmacytomas have being recognized: paraskeletal plasmacytomas (PPs) and extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMPs), being the incidence of EMPs lower but with worse prognosis. Our aim has been to analyze the efficacy of the pomalidomide-dexamethasone combination in this patient profile. METHOD In the present study, the efficacy of pomalidomide and dexamethasone in 21 patients from nine hospitals of Catalonia (Spain), with relapsed or refractory MM and Ps, was analyzed. For this purpose, we describe the evolution of paraprotein in serum and urine and the size of plasmacytomas during treatment with pomalidomide-dexamethasone. RESULTS While 34% of the patients achieved a paraprotein response, only two patients with PPs (9%) responded (RC and PR). There were no responses among patients with EMPs. The median progression-free survival from the start of treatment with pomalidomide/dexamethasone was only 1.7 months and the median overall survival of 4.5 months. CONCLUSION In conclusion, pomalidomide and dexamethasone has limited efficacy in patients with advanced MM and soft-tissue plasmacytomas.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto Catalán de Oncología Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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