Clinical Study

Induction Therapy and Stem Cell Mobilization in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

CharacteristicsTotal number of patientsTreated with bortezomibTreated with lenalidomideTreated with other agents

Numbers65181829
Sex, M/F44/2110/811/723/6
Age
 Median (range) years56.5 (48–65)56 (48–64)58 (51–65)57.5 (50–65)
Monoclonal component
 IgG/IgA/κ/λ37/19/6/39/5/1/310/6/2/018/8/3/0
Durie-Salmon stage
 I/II/III0/5/600/0/180/2/160/3/26
 A/B58/714/417/127/2
ISS stage
 1/2/320/27/186/7/58/6/46/14/9
Mobilizing chemotherapy
 one/two46/1913/510/823/6
Number of leukapheresis
 Two/three31/3418/02/1611/18