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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 27 patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM)

From: Phase II open-label study of recombinant circularly permuted TRAIL as a single-agent treatment for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

Characteristic

No. of patients (%)

Agea (years)

56 (36–77)

Sex

 Men

18 (66.7)

 Women

9 (33.3)

ISS stageb

 I

6 (23.1)

 II

14 (53.8)

 III

6 (23.1)

Time since diagnosisa (months)

21 (4–60)

Subtype of disease

 IgG

11 (40.7)

 IgA

6 (22.2)

 IgD

5 (18.5)

 Light chain

5 (18.5)

β2-microglobulinb

 Levela (mg/L)

3.4 (1.1–16.7)

 <3.5 mg/L

14 (53.8)

 ≥3.5 mg/L

12 (46.2)

Prior therapy

 Numbera (cycles)

3 (1–8)

 0–3 cycles

14 (51.9)

 >3 cycles

13 (48.1)

Prior regimen

 Glucocorticoids

25 (92.6)

 Alkylating agents

23 (85.2)

 IMiDs (thalidomide or lenalidomide)

21 (77.8)

 Vincristine

19 (70.3)

 Bortezomib

14 (51.9)

 Both bortezomib and IMiDs

9 (33.3)

 Autologous stem cell transplantation

5 (18.5)

  1. ISS international staging system, IMiDs immunomodulatory drugs
  2. aThese values are presented as median followed by ranges in the parentheses; other values are presented as number of patients followed by percentages in the parentheses
  3. bBaseline β2-microglobulin was not determined in one patient; who could not be grouped into any ISS stage