First-Line Use of Daratumumab in Patients with Multiple Myeloma Shows Delayed Neutrophil and Platelet Engraftment after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: Results from a Real-Life Single-Center Study
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Background: This real-life study aimed to investigate the possible impact of D-VTd induction therapy on hematopoietic engraftment after autologous stem cell transplantation (auto-SCT). Methods: Sixty consecutive NDMM patients received four cycles of induction therapy with D-VTd. The conditioning regimen consisted of melphalan 200 mg/m2. These patients were compared with a historical control group of 80 patients who received four cycles of VTd as induction therapy. Results: The median days to reach neutrophil and platelet engraftment significantly differed between patients treated with D-VTd (11 and 13 days, respectively) and VTd (10 and 12 days). Univariate Cox analyses show that patients treated with D-VTd had a hazard ratio of neutrophil engraftment that was 42% significantly lower than those in the VTd arm (HR: 0.58, p = 0.002), and a multivariate model confirmed this result. Patients treated with D-VTd developed FN more frequently. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions revealed an association between D-VTd and FN. Delayed engraftment did not correlate with more extended hospitalization. No patients died in the first six months after transplantation. Conclusions: Our real-life study showed that a four-drug induction therapy containing DARA does not impact transplant safety outcomes.
Source: Cancers
Authors: Massimo Martino, Mercedes Gori, Gaetana Porto, Giorgia Policastro, Martina Pitea, Annalisa Sgarlata, Ilaria Maria Delfino, Francesca Cogliandro, Anna Scopelliti, Giovanna Utano, Maria Pellicano, Aurora Idato, Iolanda Donatella Vincelli, Violetta Marafioti, Maria Caterina Micò, Giuseppe Lazzaro, Barbara Loteta, Caterina Alati, Giovanni Leanza, Graziella D’Arrigo, Giovanni Luigi Tripepi, Annalisa Pitino
Language: English
Subfield: Hematology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,296
OpenAlex ID: W4402922787