Table 2

Prognostic factors for progression of SMM to active MM

Referencen% BMPC, (M protein, g/L), [other criteria]Risk factorsMedian TTP and OS
Wisloff et al, 199120  71 ≥10, (*or IgA > 15, IgG > 30, Bence Jones proteinuria > 1 g/24 h) Lytic bone lesions; BMPCs > 20% TTP 26 mo; OS 45 mo; no risk: TTP 39 mo; either risk: TTP 10 mo 
Dimopoulos et al, 199324  95 >15, (*and serum M protein < 45 g/L), [any lytic bone lesion was exclusionary; > hemoglobin 10.5 g/dL] Protein risk: M protein > 30 g/L or proteinuria > 50 mg/24 h; low (n = 27): no factor; intermediate (n = 43): either protein characteristic; high (n = 25): lytic bone lesions and/or both protein risk characteristics TTP: 26 mo; low: 61 mo; intermediate: 25 mo; high: 10 mo; OS from SMM (from treatment): low: 89 mo (35 mo); intermediate: 92 mo (31 mo); high: 57 mo (41 mo) 
Witzig et al, 199428  57 >10, (not stated), [no CRAB] Circulating cells by PBLI (n = 14) TTP: circulating: 9 mo; no circulating: 30 mo 
Facon et al, 199522  91 >15%, (*and DSS I) Hemoglobin < 12 g/dL; BMPC > 20%;
M protein > 30 g/L (IgG) or > 25 g/L (IgA); 0 factor (n = 38); 1 factor (n = 35); >1 factor (n = 18) 
TTP: 48 mo: 0: > 50 mo; 1: 26 mo; >1 factor: 6 mo; OS from SMM (from treatment): 0: > 70 m (33 mo); 1: 50 mo (31 mo); >1: 38 mo (32 mo) 
Moulopolous et al, 199533  38 >10, (or M-spike > 25-45 g/L or Bence Jones > 150 mg/d), [hemoglobin > 10.5 g/dL; no lytic bone lesions] Abnormal MRI TTP: normal MRI: 43 mo; abnormal MRI: 16 mo; variegated: 22 mo; diffuse: 16 mo; focal: 6 mo 
Weber et al, 199723  101 See Moupolous et al, 1995 M protein > 30 g/L; IgA M protein; proteinuria > 50 mg/24 h; low (n = 16): 0; intermediate (n = 65): 1; high (n = 20): 2 or more TTP: low: 95 mo; intermediate: 39 mo; high: 17 mo; OS from dexamethasone (from treatment): low: 89 mo (26 mo); intermediate: 87 mo (34 mo); high: 51 mo (32 mo) 
Kyle et al, 200721  276 IMWG M protein ≥ 30; BMPC ≥ 10%; group A: M protein only (n = 27); group B: BMPC only (n = 143); group C: both (n = 106) 2-y TTP (5-y TTP): A: 6% (15%); B: 22% (43%); C: 45% (69%) 
Perez-Persona et al, 200731   IMWG 95% aberrant BMPC (absence of CD19 and/or CD45 expression, overexpression of CD56, or weak expression of CD38); immunoparesis of the uninvolved immunoglobulins: neither (n = 28), either (n = 39), both (n = 39) Median TTP (5-y TTP): neither: NR (4%); either: 73 mo (46%); both: 23 mo (72%) 
Dispenzieri et al, 200825  273 IMWG M protein ≥ 30; BMPC ≥ 10%; involved FLC/uninvolved; FLC ≥ 8; 1 high (n = 81); 2 high (n = 114); 3 high (n = 78) 2-y TTP (5-y TTP): 1: 12% (25%); 2: 27% (51%); 3: 52% (76%) 
Hillengass et al, 201034  149 IMWG Whole-body MRI: low (n = 126): no or 1 focal lesion; high (n = 23): > 1 focal lesion Median (2-y TTP): low: not reached (20%); high: 13 mo (70%) 
Rajkumar et al, 201162  655 IMWG BMPCs ≥ 60% (n = 21)* Median TTP (2-y TTP): BMPC ≥ 60%: 7 mo (95%) 
Larsen et al, 201326  586 IMWG Involved FLC/uninvolved FLC < 100 (n = 496); involved FLC/uninvolved FLC ≥ 100 (n = 90) Median (2-y TTP; 5-y TTP); low: NR (28%; 53); high: 15 mo (79%; 94%) 
Bianchi et al, 2013 29  91 IMWG High: slide based > 5 × 106/L or > 5% PC/100 cIg MNC; low (n = 77); high (n = 14) Median (2-y TTP): low: 57 mo (24%); high: 12 mo (71%); OS from SMM (from treatment): low: 148 mo (66 mo); high: 49 mo (31 mo) 
Rago et al, 201359  397 IMWG Hemoglobin ≤ 12.5; M protein ≥ 2.5; BMPC ≥ 60 (2.5% of patients) 10-y TTP: 45%; BMPC ≥ 60% had × 5.6 risk of progression 
Madan et al, 201030  175 IMWG PCLI < 1%; PCLI ≥ 1% 2-y TTP (5-y TTP): low: 40% (60%); high: 60% (68%) 
Rajkumar et al, 201338  351 IMWG FISH: low: (n = 53), normal or insufficient; standard: (n = 106), t(11;14), maf translocations, other/unknown translocations, or deletion 13/13q; intermediate: (n = 148), trisomies alone; high: (n = 44), t(4;14) or deletion 17p TTP: low: not reached; standard: 54 mo; intermediate: 34 mo; high: 24 mo; OS from SMM (from treatment): low, 135 mo (60 mo); standard, 147 mo (77 mo); intermediate, 135 mo (86 mo); high risk, 105 mo (60 mo) 
Kastritis et al, 201327  96 IMWG Risk factors: involved FLC/uninvolved FLC ≥ 100; BM ≥ 60% Median TTP: no risk factor: 73 mo; 1 risk factor: 18 mo; both risk factors 8 mo 
Neben et al, 201239  246 IMWG High-risk FISHs: t(4:14), deletion 17p or +1q21; high tumor burden: M protein ≥ 20 g/L; FISH and tumor burden: both low risk (n = 81); FISH high risk, tumor low risk (n = 44); FISH low risk, tumor high risk (n = 76); both high risk (n = 44) 3-y TTP: both low risk: 8%; FISH high risk only: 30%; tumor high risk only: 40%; both high risk: 59% 
Referencen% BMPC, (M protein, g/L), [other criteria]Risk factorsMedian TTP and OS
Wisloff et al, 199120  71 ≥10, (*or IgA > 15, IgG > 30, Bence Jones proteinuria > 1 g/24 h) Lytic bone lesions; BMPCs > 20% TTP 26 mo; OS 45 mo; no risk: TTP 39 mo; either risk: TTP 10 mo 
Dimopoulos et al, 199324  95 >15, (*and serum M protein < 45 g/L), [any lytic bone lesion was exclusionary; > hemoglobin 10.5 g/dL] Protein risk: M protein > 30 g/L or proteinuria > 50 mg/24 h; low (n = 27): no factor; intermediate (n = 43): either protein characteristic; high (n = 25): lytic bone lesions and/or both protein risk characteristics TTP: 26 mo; low: 61 mo; intermediate: 25 mo; high: 10 mo; OS from SMM (from treatment): low: 89 mo (35 mo); intermediate: 92 mo (31 mo); high: 57 mo (41 mo) 
Witzig et al, 199428  57 >10, (not stated), [no CRAB] Circulating cells by PBLI (n = 14) TTP: circulating: 9 mo; no circulating: 30 mo 
Facon et al, 199522  91 >15%, (*and DSS I) Hemoglobin < 12 g/dL; BMPC > 20%;
M protein > 30 g/L (IgG) or > 25 g/L (IgA); 0 factor (n = 38); 1 factor (n = 35); >1 factor (n = 18) 
TTP: 48 mo: 0: > 50 mo; 1: 26 mo; >1 factor: 6 mo; OS from SMM (from treatment): 0: > 70 m (33 mo); 1: 50 mo (31 mo); >1: 38 mo (32 mo) 
Moulopolous et al, 199533  38 >10, (or M-spike > 25-45 g/L or Bence Jones > 150 mg/d), [hemoglobin > 10.5 g/dL; no lytic bone lesions] Abnormal MRI TTP: normal MRI: 43 mo; abnormal MRI: 16 mo; variegated: 22 mo; diffuse: 16 mo; focal: 6 mo 
Weber et al, 199723  101 See Moupolous et al, 1995 M protein > 30 g/L; IgA M protein; proteinuria > 50 mg/24 h; low (n = 16): 0; intermediate (n = 65): 1; high (n = 20): 2 or more TTP: low: 95 mo; intermediate: 39 mo; high: 17 mo; OS from dexamethasone (from treatment): low: 89 mo (26 mo); intermediate: 87 mo (34 mo); high: 51 mo (32 mo) 
Kyle et al, 200721  276 IMWG M protein ≥ 30; BMPC ≥ 10%; group A: M protein only (n = 27); group B: BMPC only (n = 143); group C: both (n = 106) 2-y TTP (5-y TTP): A: 6% (15%); B: 22% (43%); C: 45% (69%) 
Perez-Persona et al, 200731   IMWG 95% aberrant BMPC (absence of CD19 and/or CD45 expression, overexpression of CD56, or weak expression of CD38); immunoparesis of the uninvolved immunoglobulins: neither (n = 28), either (n = 39), both (n = 39) Median TTP (5-y TTP): neither: NR (4%); either: 73 mo (46%); both: 23 mo (72%) 
Dispenzieri et al, 200825  273 IMWG M protein ≥ 30; BMPC ≥ 10%; involved FLC/uninvolved; FLC ≥ 8; 1 high (n = 81); 2 high (n = 114); 3 high (n = 78) 2-y TTP (5-y TTP): 1: 12% (25%); 2: 27% (51%); 3: 52% (76%) 
Hillengass et al, 201034  149 IMWG Whole-body MRI: low (n = 126): no or 1 focal lesion; high (n = 23): > 1 focal lesion Median (2-y TTP): low: not reached (20%); high: 13 mo (70%) 
Rajkumar et al, 201162  655 IMWG BMPCs ≥ 60% (n = 21)* Median TTP (2-y TTP): BMPC ≥ 60%: 7 mo (95%) 
Larsen et al, 201326  586 IMWG Involved FLC/uninvolved FLC < 100 (n = 496); involved FLC/uninvolved FLC ≥ 100 (n = 90) Median (2-y TTP; 5-y TTP); low: NR (28%; 53); high: 15 mo (79%; 94%) 
Bianchi et al, 2013 29  91 IMWG High: slide based > 5 × 106/L or > 5% PC/100 cIg MNC; low (n = 77); high (n = 14) Median (2-y TTP): low: 57 mo (24%); high: 12 mo (71%); OS from SMM (from treatment): low: 148 mo (66 mo); high: 49 mo (31 mo) 
Rago et al, 201359  397 IMWG Hemoglobin ≤ 12.5; M protein ≥ 2.5; BMPC ≥ 60 (2.5% of patients) 10-y TTP: 45%; BMPC ≥ 60% had × 5.6 risk of progression 
Madan et al, 201030  175 IMWG PCLI < 1%; PCLI ≥ 1% 2-y TTP (5-y TTP): low: 40% (60%); high: 60% (68%) 
Rajkumar et al, 201338  351 IMWG FISH: low: (n = 53), normal or insufficient; standard: (n = 106), t(11;14), maf translocations, other/unknown translocations, or deletion 13/13q; intermediate: (n = 148), trisomies alone; high: (n = 44), t(4;14) or deletion 17p TTP: low: not reached; standard: 54 mo; intermediate: 34 mo; high: 24 mo; OS from SMM (from treatment): low, 135 mo (60 mo); standard, 147 mo (77 mo); intermediate, 135 mo (86 mo); high risk, 105 mo (60 mo) 
Kastritis et al, 201327  96 IMWG Risk factors: involved FLC/uninvolved FLC ≥ 100; BM ≥ 60% Median TTP: no risk factor: 73 mo; 1 risk factor: 18 mo; both risk factors 8 mo 
Neben et al, 201239  246 IMWG High-risk FISHs: t(4:14), deletion 17p or +1q21; high tumor burden: M protein ≥ 20 g/L; FISH and tumor burden: both low risk (n = 81); FISH high risk, tumor low risk (n = 44); FISH low risk, tumor high risk (n = 76); both high risk (n = 44) 3-y TTP: both low risk: 8%; FISH high risk only: 30%; tumor high risk only: 40%; both high risk: 59% 

cIg, cytoplasmic immunoglobulin; MNC, mononuclear cells; NR, no response; PBLI, peripheral blood labeling index; PC, plasma cells; and PCLI, plasma cell labeling index.

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The estimate of bone marrow plasmacytosis was according to the methods of Rajkumar et al35  (ie, using the highest estimate of plasma cells from the aspirate or the bone marrow).

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