PMID- 33658169 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220121 LR - 20220121 IS - 2152-2669 (Electronic) IS - 2152-2669 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 6 DP - 2021 Jun TI - Clinical Outcomes Associated With Chronic Kidney Disease in Elderly Medicare Patients With Multiple Myeloma. PG - 401-412.e24 LID - S2152-2650(21)00033-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.clml.2021.01.015 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and is associated with a poor prognosis. We assessed CKD-associated clinical outcomes among elderly patients with MM initiating chemotherapy in the United States. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We identified elderly Medicare beneficiaries (>/=66 years) diagnosed with MM who initiated first-line therapy from 2008 to 2014. We identified CKD using diagnosis codes. We followed patients for death, time to next treatment (TTNT), and myeloma-defining events (anemia, hypercalcemia, skeletal-related events, progression to/of CKD) until September 30, 2015. We estimated overall survival, TTNT, and cumulative incidence of myeloma-defining events using the Kaplan-Meier method and risk of CKD-associated outcomes using Cox proportional hazards models, adjusting for demographics and comorbid conditions. RESULTS: Of 22,484 included patients, 8704 (39%) had CKD at first-line therapy initiation. Compared with patients without CKD, patients with CKD had shorter median overall survival (2.1 vs. 3.6 years) and median TTNT (10.0 vs. 12.4, 9.7 vs. 11.2, 8.3 vs. 9.2, and 6.9 vs. 8.3 months at first- to fourth-line therapy). Probability of CKD progression for patients at stages 1 to 5 was higher than the probability of developing CKD for patients without CKD (3-year cumulative incidence [95% confidence interval, CI], 47% [45-48%] vs. 27% [24-26%]). Adjusted hazard ratios for CKD versus non-CKD were: all-cause death, 1.23 (95% CI, 1.18-1.28); anemia, 1.34 (95% CI, 1.24-1.45); hypercalcemia, 1.23 (95% CI, 1.09-1.38); skeletal-related events, 0.85 (95% CI, 0.90-0.91); and TTNT, from 1.03 (95% CI, 0.96-1.10) at third-line therapy to 1.15 (95% CI, 1.04-1.27) at fourth-line therapy. CONCLUSION: Data from the study suggest that CKD-associated clinical burden is substantial in elderly patients with MM. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Shuling AU - Li S AD - Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN. Electronic address: Shuling.Li@cdrg.org. FAU - Gong, Tingting AU - Gong T AD - Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN. FAU - Kou, Chuanyu AU - Kou C AD - Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN. FAU - Fu, Alan AU - Fu A AD - Center for Observational Research, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA. FAU - Bolanos, Rachel AU - Bolanos R AD - Center for Observational Research, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA. FAU - Liu, Jiannong AU - Liu J AD - Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210130 PL - United States TA - Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk JT - Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia JID - 101525386 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Cause of Death MH - Disease Management MH - *Geriatric Assessment/statistics & numerical data MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - *Medicare MH - Mortality MH - Multiple Myeloma/*complications/*epidemiology/therapy MH - Patient Outcome Assessment MH - Prognosis MH - Proportional Hazards Models MH - Public Health Surveillance MH - Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/*complications/*epidemiology MH - Retrospective Studies MH - United States/epidemiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anemia OT - CKD Progression OT - Hyperkalemia OT - Skeletal-related events OT - Survival EDAT- 2021/03/05 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/22 06:00 CRDT- 2021/03/04 05:38 PHST- 2020/08/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/01/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/01/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/03/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/03/04 05:38 [entrez] AID - S2152-2650(21)00033-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.clml.2021.01.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2021 Jun;21(6):401-412.e24. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2021.01.015. Epub 2021 Jan 30.