A new risk model to predict time to first treatment in chronic lymphocytic leukemia based on heavy chain immunoparesis and summated free light chain

Israeli CLL Study Group

פרסום מחקרי: פרסום בכתב עתמאמרביקורת עמיתים

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תקציר

Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is frequently accompanied by immune dysregulation. Aims: In this multicenter prospective study, we investigated whether heavy + light chains (HLC: IgGκ, IgGλ, IgAκ, IgAκ, IgMκ, IgMλ) and IgG subclasses (IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4) could be used as novel prognostic markers of immunoparesis in 105 treatment-naïve patients with CLL. Results: Heavy + light chains immunoparesis of ≥1, ≥2, and ≥3 isotypes was evident in 74 (70%), 58 (55%), and 36 (34%) patients, respectively. Severe HLC immunoparesis was identified in 40 (38%) patients. Of the IgG subclasses, IgG1 and IgG2 were most frequently suppressed, affecting 46 (44%) and 36 (34%) patients, respectively; 63 (60%) patients had low levels of at least one IgG subclass. In multivariate analysis, severe HLC immunoparesis (hazard ratio [HR]: 36.5; P =.010) and ΣFLC ≥ 70 mg/L (HR: 13.2; P =.004) were the only factors independently associated with time to first treatment (TTFT). A risk model including these variables identified patients with 0, 1, and 2 risk factors and significantly different TTFT (P <.001). Patients with two factors represented an ultra-high-risk group with a median TTFT of only 1.3 months. Conclusion: The above findings demonstrate the potential for the use of HLC immunoparesis, together with sFLC measurements, as future prognostic biomarkers in CLL.

שפה מקוריתאנגלית
עמודים (מ-עד)335-341
מספר עמודים7
כתב עתEuropean Journal of Haematology
כרך103
מספר גיליון4
מזהי עצם דיגיטלי (DOIs)
סטטוס פרסוםפורסם - 1 אוק׳ 2019
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