累积赤字脆弱指数和关系状况预测了多发性骨髓瘤的生存率
Nadine Abdallah1, Paul Dizona2, Amanika Kumar3
1Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Blood advances
|December 18, 2024
概括
通过累积赤字指数评估的脆弱性显著影响新诊断的多发性骨髓瘤 (MM) 的生存率和症状负担. 单身状态也会影响结果,强调需要重新评估治疗期间的脆弱性和社会支持.
科学领域:
- 血液学 血液学 血液学
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 在瘤学瘤学.
背景情况:
- 评估多发性骨髓瘤 (MM) 的脆弱性通常依赖于临床试验数据,对患者报告的结果和健康的社会决定因素的信息有限.
- 在现实环境中新诊断的MM患者的脆弱性和社会经济地位 (SES) 的预后值需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 评估新诊断的MM患者累积赤字脆弱指数 (FI) 和关系/社会经济地位 (SES) 的预后影响.
- 检查虚弱和患者报告的结果之间的关联,包括症状负担和生活质量.
主要方法:
- 在梅奥诊所对515名新诊断的MM患者 (2005-2018) 的回顾性研究.
- 累计赤字脆弱性指数 (FI) 是使用日常生活活动和并发症数据计算的.
- 脆弱性定义为FI ≥0.15;分析与疾病阶段,移植,生存和患者报告结果的关联.
主要成果:
- 虚弱 (39%的患者) 和未婚状态与更高的疾病阶段,减少早期移植的可能性和独立的生存率下降有关.
- 虚弱的患者报告说,疲劳,疼痛和生活质量得分更差.
- 虚弱状态是动态的,在3-12个月内~25%恶化和<10%改善;SES与生存没有独立关联.
结论:
- 累积赤字FI有效地识别了现实MM队列中较高的症状负担和降低的生存率.
- 虚弱是动态的,需要在治疗期间重新评估;社会支持是临床评估的有价值的预后指标.
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