Evaluation of the Mayo Additive Staging System in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: A real-world analysis.

OBJECTIVES: Recently, the Mayo Clinic introduced a new staging system (the Mayo Additive Staging System, MASS) for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) based on the number of high-risk (HR) abnormalities, including HR IgH translocations, 1q gain/amplification, chromosome 17 abnormalities, ISS-III, and elevated LDH. Patients with 0, 1, or ≥2 HR abnormalities were defined as stage I, II, or III, respectively. We aimed to validate the real-world prognostic value of the MASS.

METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the cytogenetic and laboratory results of 544 patients with NDMM at a single center.

RESULTS: Ninety (16.5%) patients had no HR factors (MASS I), 193 (35.5%) had 1 high-risk factor (MASS II) and 261 (48%) had ≥2 high-risk factors (MASS III). The median PFS and OS times were 48, 28 and 20 months and 137, 73 and 39 months in the 3 groups, respectively (P < 0.001). In the subgroup analysis, patients had different OS outcomes based on the MASS when grouped by age, renal function or therapeutic regimens. The MASS identified patients with the worst outcomes among those rated R-ISS II.

CONCLUSION: The MASS system is a reliable risk stratification tool for patients with NDMM in real-world clinical practice. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.