Table 5.

Selected studies of efficacy of salvage ASCT in MM

TrialDesignPatient groupReinduction at relapseInterval ASCT 1-relapse (months)Conditioning regimenMedian PFS (months)Median OS (months)
IFM 2009 –
Perrot et al37 
(2020) 
Prospective, randomized, phase 3 VRd alone 40% Pom based - Mel 200 95 60.2% 
VRd+ASCT 46.5% Pom based NR
P = .76 
62.2%
P = .81 
Cook et al34 
(2016) 
Prospective, randomized, phase 3 Second ASCT, (n = 106) 4 cycles of VAD >24 Mel 200  mg/m2 19
 
67 
 Conventional chemotherapy
(n = 106) 
30 Oral cyclophosphamide 400  mg/m2 weekly × 12 weeks 11
P < .0001 
52
P = .016 
Gimsing et al44 
(2015) 
Prospective, nonrandomized phase 2 (n = 53)  3 cycles of VD 25.3 Mel 200  mg/m2-bortezomib 19.3 44.3 
Ikeda et al45 
(2019) 
Retrospective (n = 526) Allo-SCT (n = 192) VT or R <9 mo to >30 mo Not done Intermediate risk 21.5% 
Re ASCT (n = 334). 28.2%
P < .004 
Gössi et al46  (2018) Single-institution case-matched Second ASCT, n = 61  28.9 Age ≤70: Mel 200 mg/m2
Age >70: Mel 140  mg/m2 
30.2 129.6 
Conventional chemotherapy, n = 25 RD or VD 14.3  13
P = .0262 
33.5
P = .0003 
Tremblay et al47 
(2017) 
Retrospective n = 74  Conventional chemotherapy (89%); IMiD, 8%; PI, 59.5%; others, 5% 53 Mel ≥100  mg/m2 6.1 19.3 
Singh Abbi et al48 
(2015) 
Retrospective n = 74  Most patients received PIs and IMiDs 37.7 Mel ≥100  mg/m2 10.1 22.7 
Grövdal et al49 
(2015) 
Multi-institution case-matched control analysis Second ASCT, n = 111  28 Mel 200  mg/m2 28 48 
Conventional chemotherapy, n = 362  25 29 
Novel drugs, n = 362 PI and/or IMiD 27 14
P = .004 
39
P = .013 
TrialDesignPatient groupReinduction at relapseInterval ASCT 1-relapse (months)Conditioning regimenMedian PFS (months)Median OS (months)
IFM 2009 –
Perrot et al37 
(2020) 
Prospective, randomized, phase 3 VRd alone 40% Pom based - Mel 200 95 60.2% 
VRd+ASCT 46.5% Pom based NR
P = .76 
62.2%
P = .81 
Cook et al34 
(2016) 
Prospective, randomized, phase 3 Second ASCT, (n = 106) 4 cycles of VAD >24 Mel 200  mg/m2 19
 
67 
 Conventional chemotherapy
(n = 106) 
30 Oral cyclophosphamide 400  mg/m2 weekly × 12 weeks 11
P < .0001 
52
P = .016 
Gimsing et al44 
(2015) 
Prospective, nonrandomized phase 2 (n = 53)  3 cycles of VD 25.3 Mel 200  mg/m2-bortezomib 19.3 44.3 
Ikeda et al45 
(2019) 
Retrospective (n = 526) Allo-SCT (n = 192) VT or R <9 mo to >30 mo Not done Intermediate risk 21.5% 
Re ASCT (n = 334). 28.2%
P < .004 
Gössi et al46  (2018) Single-institution case-matched Second ASCT, n = 61  28.9 Age ≤70: Mel 200 mg/m2
Age >70: Mel 140  mg/m2 
30.2 129.6 
Conventional chemotherapy, n = 25 RD or VD 14.3  13
P = .0262 
33.5
P = .0003 
Tremblay et al47 
(2017) 
Retrospective n = 74  Conventional chemotherapy (89%); IMiD, 8%; PI, 59.5%; others, 5% 53 Mel ≥100  mg/m2 6.1 19.3 
Singh Abbi et al48 
(2015) 
Retrospective n = 74  Most patients received PIs and IMiDs 37.7 Mel ≥100  mg/m2 10.1 22.7 
Grövdal et al49 
(2015) 
Multi-institution case-matched control analysis Second ASCT, n = 111  28 Mel 200  mg/m2 28 48 
Conventional chemotherapy, n = 362  25 29 
Novel drugs, n = 362 PI and/or IMiD 27 14
P = .004 
39
P = .013 

allo-SCT, allogenic transplantation; Mel, melphalan; Pom, pomalidomide; RD, revlimid-dexamethasone; TNT, next treatment; VAD; bortezomib-adriamycin-dexamethasone.

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