Practical Geriatrics ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 36-40.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2021.01.010

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Correlation analysis between serum lactate dehydrogenase and prognosis in elderly patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

CHEN Hao-yu, LU Xiu-pan, CHEN Li-juan, XU Ji   

  1. CHEN Hao-yu. Department of Pharmacy, Geriatric Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210024, China;
    LU Xiu-pan, CHEN Li-juan, XU Ji. Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
  • Received:2020-01-13 Published:2021-01-12

Abstract: Objective To investigate the correlation between serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and the clinical indicators in the elderly patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) and its prognostic significance. Methods The clinical data of 78 cases of newly diagnosed MM aged ≥65 years old in our hospital from July 2009 to January 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. The relationship between serum LDH level and prognosis was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier survival curve. The revised International Staging System (R-ISS) staging of 60 MM patients with complete data was carried out based on the patient's LDH level and fluorescence in situ hybridization test result, and the accuracy of prognostic judgment was compared with the International Staging System (ISS) staging. Results The median follow-up time for all the patients was 16. 5 months, and 11. 5% (9/78) of the patients showed elevated LDH levels at the first visit. The median survival time (OS) of the normal LDH group was 44. 0 months, compared with 14. 0 months of the elevated LDH group (P<0. 001); The median progression-free survival time (PFS) of the normal LDH group was 23. 0 months, compared with 12. 0 months of the elevated LDH group (P=0. 006). COX multivariate regression analysis showed that elevated LDH level was an independent poor prognostic factor for OS in the elderly MM patients (HR=5. 998, 95%CI: 2. 454-14. 664, P<0. 001). There were no significant differences in median OS and median PFS between stage Ⅱ and Ⅲ of ISS (44. 0 months vs 39. 0 months, P=0. 713; 26. 0 months vs 20. 0 months, P=0. 569), while there was significant difference in median OS (44. 0 months vs 15. 5 months, P<0. 001), and no significant difference in median PFS (21. 0 months vs 14. 0 months, P=0. 097) between stage Ⅱ and Ⅲ of R-ISS. Conclusions LDH level is an important indicator for judging the prognosis of the elderly MM patients. R-ISS staging based on LDH level is superior to ISS staging in predicting prognosis.

Key words: lactate dehydrogenase, multiple myeloma, revised international staging system, prognosis analysis

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