Prognostic significance of normalized FDG-PET parameters in patients with multiple myeloma undergoing induction chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a retrospective single-center evaluation

Daria Ripani, Carmelo Caldarella*, Tommaso Za, Daniele Antonio Pizzuto, Elena Rossi, Valerio De Stefano, Alessandro Giordano

*Autore corrispondente per questo lavoro

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine retrospectively, through a single-center evaluation, whether FDG PET-CT normalized semi-quantitative parameters may predict response to induction chemotherapy (iChT) and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), as well as disease progression and progression-free survival in multiple myeloma (MM) patients, thus becoming a tool of personalized medicine. Methods: Patients undergoing iChT and HSCT with baseline and post-treatment FDG PET-CTs from January 2008 to July 2015 were included. The following baseline and post-treatment parameters were obtained: SUVmax, SUVmean, SUVpeak, MTVsum, TLGsum, rPET (lesion SUVmax/liver SUVmax) and qPET (lesion SUVpeak/liver SUVmean). Baseline-to-post-treatment changes (Δ) were also calculated. Metabolic and clinical laboratory progression or response at follow-up were noted; time-to-metabolic-progression (TMP) was defined as the interval from post-treatment scan to eventual progression at follow-up FDG PET-CTs. Possible association between each functional parameter and metabolic/clinical-laboratory progression or response was determined. Kaplan-Meier curves allowed to depict the TMP trend according to FDG PET-CT parameters. Results: Twenty-eight patients were included. Significantly higher ΔrPET and ΔqPET values were observed in ten patients with “metabolic response”, with respect to 18 patients having “metabolic progression” (median 0.62 [IQR 0.32 – 1.34] vs median 0.00 [IQR -0.25 – 0.49] for ΔrPET; P = 0.045; median 0.51 [IQR 0.32 – 1.13] vs median 0.00 [IQR -0.31 – 0.67] for ΔqPET; P = 0.035). Neither normalized nor non normalized parameters differed significantly between the 20 patients with “clinical-laboratory response” and the eight patients with “clinical-laboratory progression”. ΔrPET value lower than 0.38 and ΔqPET value lower than 0.27 predicted a significantly shorter TMP (P = 0.003 and P = 0.005, respectively). Conclusions: Normalized semi-quantitative parameters are effective in predicting persistent response to treatment and shorter TMP in patients with MM undergoing iChT and HSCT.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)116-128
Numero di pagine13
RivistaEuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Volume46
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2019

Keywords

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Humans
  • Induction Chemotherapy
  • Induction chemotherapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Normalized parameters
  • Personalized medicine
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Time-to-metabolic progression
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Treatment Outcome

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